Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2329

v2.c36.2329

We also find instances of Sāriputta questioning his colleagues, or being questioned by them, on various topics. Thus he is questioned by Mahā Koṭṭhita on kamma (S. ii. 112 f.); and on yoniso manasikāra (progressive discipline, S. iii. 176 f.); on avijjā and vijjā (ibid., 172 f.); on the fetters of sense-perception (S. iv. 162 f.); on certain questions pronounced by the Buddha as indeterminate (ibid., 384 f.); on whether anything is left remaining after the passionless ending of the six spheres of contact (A. ii. 161); and on the purpose for which monks lead the brahmacariyā under the Buddha (A. iv. 382). The Mahāvedalla Sutta (M. i. 292 ff.) records a long discourse preached by Sāriputta to Maha Koṭṭhita. He is mentioned as questioning Mahā Kassapa on the terms ātāpī and ottāpī (S. ii. 195 f.), and Anuruddha on sekha (S. v. 174 f., 298 f.). On another occasion, Anuruddha tells Sāriputta of his power of seeing the thousandfold world-system, his unshaken energy, and his untroubled mindfulness. Sāriputta tells him that his deva-sight is mere conceit, his claims to energy conceit, and his mindfulness just worrying, and exhorts him to abandon thoughts of them all. Anuruddha follows his advice and becomes an arahant.¹⁶