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Feb 5, 2018 · Devadatta believed he should be the World-Honored One and the leader of the order of monks. One day he approached the Buddha and pointed out that the Buddha was growing older. He proposed that he be put in charge of the order to relieve the Buddha of the burden. The Buddha rebuked Devadatta harshly and said he was not worthy.
Devadatta was by tradition a Buddhist monk, cousin and brother-in-law of Gautama Siddhārtha. [1] . The accounts of his life vary greatly, but he is generally seen as an evil and divisive figure in Buddhism, who led a breakaway group in the earliest days of the religion. Etymology. The name Devadatta means god-given in Palī and Sanskrit.
Devadatta (flourished 6th century bce, India) was a Buddhist monk who sought to reform the sangha (monastic community) by imposing upon it a stricter code of life. He was a cousin of the Buddha. Devadatta is said to have joined the sangha along with Ananda, who was possibly his brother, in the 20th year of the Buddha’s ministry.
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Devadatta. At that time the Buddha addressed the bodhisattvas, the heavenly and human beings, and the four kinds of believers, saying: “Immeasurable kalpas in the past, I sought the Lotus Sutra without ever flagging. During those many kalpas, I constantly appeared as the ruler of a kingdom who made a vow to seek unsurpassed enlightenment.
Devadatta. Devadatta (T. lhas sbyin ལྷས་སྦྱིན་; C. tipodaduo 提婆達多) was a cousin of Gautama Buddha who became an early disciple, but later turned against the Buddha and became a bitter rival. According to tradition, Devadatta became a disciple of the Buddha at the same time as Ananda and others.
Then the Blessed One addressed the monks: “Monks, this is the first immediate kamma 155 that Devadatta has accumulated, that he—with a corrupt intention, a murderous intention—has caused the Tathāgata’s blood to flow.”. The monks heard that “Devadatta, they say, is intent on the Blessed One’s murder.”.
Devadatta was the son of King Suppabuddha and his wife Pamita, who was an aunt of the Buddha. Devadatta's sister was Yasodhara, making him both a cousin and brother-in-law of the Buddha. Together with Ananda and other Sakyan princes, he entered the order of monks in the early part of the Buddha's ministry, but was unable to attain any stage of ...
