Goṇaraviya Thera
A monk of Sri Lanka, probably a colleague of MahÄsÄ«va. It is said that MahÄsÄ«va was explaining to him the MahÄ Saccaka Sutta, and that when he came to the passage where the Buddha charges Saccaka with not understanding the training of the body, much less that of the mind, Gonaraviya laid aside his fan and walked away, saying that the Buddha could not have said such a thing; but MahÄsÄ«va persuaded him that it was so. v.l. MoranÄla. MA.i.463.
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