Attention: Bryan
 
"He also says that in "one of the earliest Pali documents he [the Buddha] is represented as calling himself a Kosalan." Does anyone know which document he is referring to?"
 
"Again, venerable sir, the Blessed One is noble and I am a noble; the Blessed One is is a Kosalan and I am a Kosalan; ...." MN 89 Dhammacetiya sutta, Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation, p. 733.
 
Possibly, RhD refers to the above passage. 
 
Mettaa


D. G. D. C. Wijeratna

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