Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.5246
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.5246
- Language
- English
v2.c36.5246
Sopāka had been a brahmin in the time of Siddhattha Buddha, expert in the Vedas. He later became an ascetic and lived on a mountain. The Buddha, foreseeing his imminent death, visited him. The brahmin spread for him a seat of flowers. The Buddha preached to him on impermanence and left through the air.¹