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Showing posts with label The Story of King Suppabuddha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Story of King Suppabuddha. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Verse 128

Dhammapada Verse 128

The Story of King Suppabuddha

King Suppabuddha was the father of Devadatta and father-in-law of Prince Siddhattha who later became Gotama Buddha. King Suppabuddha was very antagonistic to the Buddha for two reasons. First, because as prince Siddhattha he had left his wife Yasodhara, the daughter of King Suppabuddha, to renounce the world; and secondly, because his son Devadatta, who was admitted into the Order by Gotama Buddha, had come to regard the Buddha as his arch enemy. One day, knowing that the Buddha would be coming for alms-food, he got himself drunk and blocked the way. When the Buddha and the bhikkhus came,