[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c35.388 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.388 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.388 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.388](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.388) Vaddha (or Puppha) Sutta.—The Buddha states that he has no quarrel with the world; the world quarrels with him. He teaches only what is upheld by the world of sages and proceeds to describe what this teaching is. Like a lotus which, though it arises and grows in the water, is yet unspotted by it, so a Tathāgata, arisen and grown in the world, is yet unspotted by it.¹ - [Previous: v2.c35.387](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.387) - [Next: v2.c35.389](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.389) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) ## Cites (1) - [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.388](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.388) · Pramāṇa