Daughters of the Buddha by Analayo Bhikkhu

Author:Analayo Bhikkhu
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781614298625
Publisher: Wisdom Publications

Soṇā

The foremost of those nuns who overcome outside practitioners and establish them in the right teaching is the nun called Soṇā.291

THE REFERENCE TO outside practitioners intends those who are “outside” of the Buddhist dispensation. An example is a recurrent reference to six well-known teachers who were contemporaries of the Buddha, already mentioned briefly earlier (see above p. 76). The tale to be taken up below indeed shows Soṇā overcoming them, although apparently not to the extent of actually establishing them in the right teaching. Soṇā also features in the corresponding listing in the Aṅguttaranikāya, which instead reckons her outstanding in the arousal of energy.292 Although this is probably meant predominantly in the sense of dedication to the path of practice, a relationship to the Ekottarikāgama presentation could be established by noting that to debate with outsiders and successfully establish them in the right teaching can safely be expected to require a sustained dedication of energy.

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