Tissadatta
PersonUn ancien du Sri Lanka spécialement chargé du Vinaya, peut-être identique à un autre moine du même nom connu pour avoir enseigné le Tipiṭaka en dix-huit langues, qui utilisa un jour son pouvoir psychique pour attirer l’arbre de la Bodhi près de lui afin de lui rendre hommage.
An elder of Sri Lanka who had special charge of the Vinaya (Vin.v.3). He may be identical with the Tissadatta mentioned (VibhA.387, 389; MA.i.234) as being able to teach in eighteen different languages, explaining the text of the Tipiṭaka.
On one occasion, wishing to pay homage to the Bodhi-tree, by means of his psychic power he caused it to draw near to him. Vism.403.
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