Ten Bodhisattas
From: Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Message: 1882
Date: 2006-05-29
A Thai Abhidhamma textbook that I'm reading claims that the
Buddha encountered 510 niyata sabba~n~nuu-bodhisattas in the
course of his final life. Of these, 500 are unnamed, while
the ten named ones are:
Ajita (destined to be the Buddha Metteyya)
Raama (Buddha Raama)
Pasenadi (Buddha Dhammaraajaa)
The deva Abhibhuu (Buddha Dhammassaami)
The asura chief Raahu (Buddha Naarada)
The braahma.na Ca`nkii (Buddha Ra.msiimunii)
The maa.nava Subha (Buddha Devadeva)
The braahma.na Todeyya (Buddha Dhammissara)
The elephant Naa.laagiirii (Buddha Tissa)
The elephant Paalileyyaka (Buddha Suma`ngala)
I've never heard of any of this before. Does anyone know if
there is an Indian or Sri Lankan Pali source for it? I
wasn't able to find anything on the CSCD, despite checking
all the passages that mention the two elephants.
And who would Raama be? Uddaka's dad, perhaps? But I
didn't know the Bodhisatta ever met him.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando