Sunita
id:
sunita-173-13012295
title:
Sunita
text:
Sunita was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha. He was born in a family of untouchables whose job was of sweeping around the temple area. According to Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation of the Theragāthā account, Sunīta laments:
- "People found me disgusting,
- despised me, disparaged me.
- Lowering my heart,
- I showed reverence to many." Sunīta continues, describing his meeting with the Buddha and ordination:
- The compassionate Teacher,
- sympathetic to all the world, said:
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Disciple of the Buddha
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita
date created:
2006-08-09T01:33:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T13:22:35Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q7640367","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7640367"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15