[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.c35.690 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.690 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.690 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.690](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.690) In the Gopaka-Moggallāna Sutta,³ Vassakāra is represented as arriving in the middle of a conversation, which Gopaka-Moggallāna was holding with Ānanda, having been sent to inspect the works at Rājagaha, which were in charge of Moggallāna. Having asked the subject of conversation, he inquired whether the Buddha himself or the Order had chosen a leader for the Saṅgha after the Buddha’s death. Ānanda explains that the Buddha did not do so, that no special leader has been appointed, but that there were monks to whom they showed honour and reverence because of their virtue and insight. Vassakāra admits this as good, as does also Upananda, the Senāpati, who is present. Vassakāra asks Ānanda where he lives, and is told, in Veḷuvana. Vassakāra thinks this a good place for the practice of jhāna, and tells Ānanda of a conversation he once had with the Buddha regarding jhāna. Ānanda remarks that all jhānas are not equally praiseworthy, and Vassakāra takes his leave. - [Previous: v2.c35.689](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.689) - [Next: v2.c35.691](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.691) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.690](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.690) · Pramāṇa