Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c8.48

c8.48

Jaliya Sutta.—To DN. 6 is tacked on at the end, the Jāliya sutta without any relevancy whatever. And this other sutta itself suffers from confusion. Instead of answering the problem raised by Jāliya, Buddha is made to digress into the “Sāmaññaphala” text, thus very aptly illustrating himself, as it were, the gibe of Ajātasattu “Ambaṃvā puṭṭho labujaṃ vyākareyya” (DN. 2)!