Tissa12
PersonEin König von Roruva und ungesehener Verbündeter des Bimbisāra, der von einer gemalten Darstellung des Lebens des Buddha und einer von Bimbisāra gesandten Inschrift zur Lehre vom bedingten Entstehen so tief bewegt war, dass er dem Thron entsagte, um Mönch zu werden und die Arahantschaft zu erlangen.
A rājā of Roruva. He was an “unseen” ally of Bimbisāra and, as such, sent him various gifts. The king sent him in return a painted panel on which was depicted the life of the Buddha and a gold plate specially inscribed with the Law of Dependent Origination (paṭiccasamuppāda). On seeing these, Tissa’s mind was filled with agitation and, giving up his title, he came to Rājagaha as a monk and lived in the Sappasoṇḍika cave, from there visiting the Buddha, and soon afterwards becoming an Arahant.
In the time of Vipassī Buddha he was a chariot-maker and gave the Buddha a stool made of sandalwood. Fifty-seven world-cycles ago he was four times king under the name of Santa (Bhavanimmita).¹⁸ He is probably identical with Phalakadāyaka of the Apadāna.¹⁹
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