Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c9.86

c9.86

Now it is important to notice that in sutta 108 of MN. Ānanda tells a Brāhmaṇa that the criteria of respect were furnished to them by the ten Pasādanīya dhammas which Buddha had declared "Yasmim no ime dhammā saṃvijjanti taṃ mayaṃ etarahi sakkaroma mānena pūjema, sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihārama . . . . . . "46 Of age, of "Therā....cirappabbajitā saṅghapitaro...." as the recipients of special honour, there is here no talk. It appears, therefore, that the authority of the "Elders" grew only gradually;⁴⁷ and was never recognized by all. The present sutta (MN. 33) openly ranges itself on the "authoritarian" side and thereby confirms the general picture of its lateness.