[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.c36.2181 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2181 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2181 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.2181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2181) The story was told in reference to a young man of Sāvatthi. Having heard the Buddha preach, he obtained his parents’ leave with great difficulty and joined the Order. Five years he lived in the monastery, and, failing to attain insight, he returned to the forest and strove for twelve years more. His parents grew old, and as there was no one to look after them, their retainers robbed them of their goods. Their son, hearing of this from a monk who visited him in the forest, at once left his hermitage and returned to Sāvatthi. There he tended his parents, giving them food and clothing which he acquired by begging, often starving himself that they might eat. Other monks blamed him for supporting lay-folk, and the matter was reported to the Buddha. But the Buddha, hearing his story, praised him and preached to him the Mātuposaka Sutta (q.v.). - [Previous: v2.c36.2180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2180) - [Next: v2.c36.2182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2182) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2181) · Pramāṇa