Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c34.179
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c34.179
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v2.c34.179
On one occasion¹⁰ Lāḷudāyī even dared to contradict Sāriputta regarding birth among the manomayadevā. Three times Sāriputta repeated his statement and three times Lāḷudāyī contradicted him, and, there being no monk in the assembly who supported Sāriputta, he took Lāḷudāyī to the Buddha, where he three times repeated the same statement, being three times contradicted. Then the Buddha called Lāḷudāyī “a witless fool” and silenced him. Ānanda was witness to the dispute, but took no part in it, thereby winning the Buddha’s censure.