Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2331

v2.c36.2331

Moggallāna asks Sāriputta regarding the " undefiled " (their conversation forms the Anaṅgana Sutta, M. i. 25 ff.), and, at the conclusion of the Gulissāni Sutta, inquires whether the states of consciousness mentioned in that sutta were incumbent only on monks from the wilds or also on those from the villages (M. i. 472 f.). Sāriputta questions Upavāna regarding the bojjhaṅgā (S. v. 76), and is questioned by Ānanda regarding sotāpatti (S. v. 346, 362) as regards the reason why some beings are set free in this very life while others are not (A. ii. 167), and on the winning of perfect concentration (A. v. 8, 320). Ānanda also questions Sāriputta (A. iii. 201 f.) on the speedy knowledge of aptness in things (kusaladhammesu khippanisanti), and, again, on how a monk may learn new doctrines and retain old ones without confusion (A. iii. 361). In both these cases Sāriputta asks Ānanda to answer the questions himself, and, at the end of his discourse, praises him. The Rathavinīta Sutta (M. i. 145 ff.) records a conversation between Sāriputta and Puṇṇa Mantānīputta, for whom he had the greatest respect, after hearing the Buddha's eulogy of him. Sāriputta had given instructions that he should be told as soon as Puṇṇa came to Sāvatthi and took the first opportunity of seeing him. Among others who held discussions with Sāriputta are mentioned Samiddhi (A. iv. 385), Yamaka (S. iii. 109 f.), Candikāputta (A. iv. 403), and Laḷudāyī (A. iv. 414).