011.1 – Lukkana (part 1)
Devadatta once asked the Buddha for something and was rejected. He revenged by persuading five hundreds monks to stay with him at another country.
When the Buddha knew that all five hundreds monks had succeeded high level of meditation, the Buddha called Saribudra and Mokkallana, two Buddhist saints, to preach them and call them back.
On the next morning, Saribudra and Mokkallana brought all five hundreds monks back at Veruwan the great temple. All monks said “Saribudra, our big brother, is surrounded by five hundreds monks. This looks so beautiful.”
The Buddha said “Look, monks, Saribudra doesn’t only have many followers in this life, he used to have many followers in those days. Devadatta doesn’t only lose his followers in this life, he used to lose his followers in those days.”
Being asked to reveal the truth by all monks, the Buddha told the story as follows:
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