Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2320

v2.c36.2320

⁷ SA. ii. 45; his greatest exhibition of wisdom followed the Buddha’s descent from Tāvatiṃsa to the gates of Saṅkassa, when the Buddha asked questions of the assembled multitude, which none but Sāriputta could answer. But some questions were outside the range of any but a Buddha (DhA. iii. 228 f.; cf. SNA. ii. 570 f.). Similarly knowledge of the thoughts and inclinations of people were beyond Sāriputta; only a Buddha possesses such knowledge (DhA. iii. 426; J. i. 182). Further, only a Buddha could find suitable subjects for meditation for everybody without error (SNA. i. 18), and read their past births without limitation (SNA. ii. 571).