Suppiya
PersonEin Wanderer, dessen Gespräch mit seinem Schüler Brahmadatta über die Tugenden, die Lehre und den Orden des Buddha die Lehrrede des Brahmajāla-Sutta veranlasste; er selbst war ein Anhänger des Sañcaya Belaṭṭhiputta.
A wanderer (paribbājaka). He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park, regarding the virtues of the Buddha, his Dhamma and his Order, which led to the teaching of the Brahmajāla Sutta (D.i.1). Suppiya was a follower of Sañcaya Belaṭṭhiputta. DA.i.35.
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