Pāli Dictionary

Annabhāra

Place

Un ascète errant réputé qui vivait près de Rājagaha aux côtés des ascètes errants Varadhara et Sakuludāyi, à qui le Bouddha expliqua à la fois les quatre facteurs estimés du Dhamma et le véritable sens des vérités brahmaniques

A well-known wanderer (paribbājaka) who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. The Buddha visits them and talks about the four factors of Dhamma (dhammapadāni), which are held in esteem by everyone: not-coveting, not-malice, right-mindfulness, right-concentration (A.ii.29-31).

On another occasion they discuss the “brahmin truth.” The Buddha visits them and tells them what he considers to be the brahmin truths (brāhmanasaccāni): that no creatures are to be harmed; all sense-delights are impermanent, painful, and changing; all becomings are impermanent, etc; a brahmin is one who has no part in or attachment to anything any more (A.ii.176-7).

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