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**lmHVYs8e** · 08-13-2011, 09:18 AM

It's not like we see this guy all over the Suttas like Ananda, Sariputta, etc.

No, not on that level of course. Nevertheless, he seems to be a monk of some distinction -- according to the sutta, he shows up at the Council with 500 bhikkhus.

The Cullavagga doesn't provide any specifics about the Venerable's objections, so we can't conclude they necessarily had to do with how the scriptures were organized (he actually says the recitation was "well sung"). We don't really know anything beyond the fact that he withheld his full endorsement, for whatever reason.

I think there are later texts which recount the episode in more detail, though who knows how authentic they are.

08-13-2011, 09:18 AM	#34
lmHVYs8e Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 392 Senior Member	It's not like we see this guy all over the Suttas like Ananda, Sariputta, etc. No, not on that level of course. Nevertheless, he seems to be a monk of some distinction -- according to the sutta, he shows up at the Council with 500 bhikkhus. The Cullavagga doesn't provide any specifics about the Venerable's objections, so we can't conclude they necessarily had to do with how the scriptures were organized (he actually says the recitation was "well sung"). We don't really know anything beyond the fact that he withheld his full endorsement, for whatever reason. I think there are later texts which recount the episode in more detail, though who knows how authentic they are.
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