Gopaka Moggallﾄ］a (Sutta)
Gopaka Moggallﾄ］a.- A brahmin minister of Ajﾄ》asattu, in charge of some defence works in Rﾄ）agaha (M.iii.7). See Gopaka Moggallﾄ］a Sutta. The Theragﾄ》hﾄ (vs.1024) contains a stanza spoken by Moggallﾄ］a Thera in answer to a question by Gopaka Moggallﾄ］a. Gopaka asks Moggallﾄ］a how many of the Buddha窶冱 teachings he remembers. Eighty-four thousand, answers the latter and proceeds to explain. ThagA.ii.130.
Gopaka Moggallﾄ］a Sutta.- Soon after the Buddha窶冱 death, ﾄnanda, on his way to Rﾄ）agaha for alms, visits the place where Gopaka Moggallﾄ］a was strengthening the city窶冱 defences. Moggallﾄ］a asks him if there were any monk in every way like the Buddha, and receives a negative answer. Vassakﾄ〉a arrives and, on being told the topic of conversation, asks the same question and is told by ﾄnanda that the monks regard the Dhamma as their protector. It is true, however, that there are monks whom they hold in great esteem and reverence, and ﾄnanda enumerates the qualities which win for them such homage. M.iii.7ff
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