Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2323

v2.c36.2323

¹⁰ M. iii. 25 ff. In the Mahāgosiṅga Sutta Sāriputta expresses his view that that monk is best who is master of his heart and is not mastered by it. The Buddha explains that Sāriputta was stating his own nature (M. i. 215 f.). The Buddha did not, however, hesitate to blame Sāriputta when necessary—e.g., the occasion when some novices, becoming noisy, were sent away by the Buddha, whose motive Sāriputta misunderstood (M. i. 459). And again, when Sāriputta did not look after Rāhula properly, making it necessary for Rāhula to spend the whole night in the Buddha’s jakes (J. i. 161 f.).