Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4430

v2.c36.4430

Sumanā-rājakumārī Sutta.—Sumanā, sister of Pasenadi, visits the Buddha at Jetavana with five hundred companions in five hundred chariots and asks him whether, in the case of two disciples, alike in faith, virtue and insight, the one being an almsgiver and the other not, there be any distinction. The Buddha replies that whether they be born in the deva-world or in the world of men, the giver would be superior in life-span, beauty, happiness, honour and power. There would still be a difference between them, even when, in later life, they both enter the Order, but the difference would cease to exist on their becoming arahants.¹