Annabhāra
PlaceA well-known wanderer who lived near Rājagaha alongside fellow wanderers Varadhara and Sakuludāyi, and to whom the Buddha explained both the four esteemed factors of Dhamma and the true meaning of brahmin truths.
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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