[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.c36.4160 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4160 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4160 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4160) 1. Subha Sutta.—Subha Todeyyaputta (q.v.) visits the Buddha at Sāvatthi and asks him various questions regarding the Dhamma, comparing it with the teachings of the brahmins regarding ultimate salvation. He admits that no one among the brahmins or the early sages had fully discerned and realized the qualities laid down by them for the attainment of merit and the achievement of right. He quotes Pokkharasāti as saying that those who, like Gotama, profess to transcend ordinary human beings and rise to the heights of Ariyan knowledge are idle boasters. The Budda retorts that Pokkharasāti cannot even read the thoughts of his slave-girl, Puṇṇikā. The Buddha then convinces Subha that he has discovered the way to union with Brahmā, and, at his request, teaches him this way, as being the four Brahma-vihāras. Subha acknowledges himself the Buddha's follower.¹ - [Previous: v2.c36.4159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4159) - [Next: v2.c36.4161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4161) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4160) · Pramāṇa