Subha Sutta
1. Subha Sutta.- Subha Todeyyaputta (q.v.) visits the Buddha at SÄvatthi and asks him various questions regarding the Dhamma, comparing it with the teachings of the brahmins regarding ultimate salvation. He admits that no one among the brahmins or the early sages had fully discerned and realised the qualities laid down by them for the attainment of merit and the achievement of right. He quotes PokkharasÄti as saying that those who, like Gotama, profess to transcend ordinary human beings and rise to the heights of Noble knowledge are idle boasters. The Buddha retorts that PokkharasÄti cannot even read the thoughts of his slave girl, PuṇṇikÄ. The Buddha then convinces Subha that he has discovered the way to union with BrahmÄ, and, at his request, teaches him this way, as being the four Brahma-vihÄras. Subha acknowledges himself the Buddha’s follower. M.ii.196-209.
2. Subha Sutta.- A conversation between Subha Todeyyaputta and Ä€nanda at SÄvatthi soon after the Buddha’s death. Subha asks Ä€nanda what were the bodies of doctrine which the Buddha was wont to praise, to which he incited others and in which he established them. Ä€nanda explains to him. The sutta is almost word for word identical with the SÄmaññÄphala Sutta. D.i.204-10.
3. Subha Sutta.- According to Buddhaghosa, (MA.ii.962, 967) Subha Sutta is the real name for the Cūḷa-kammavibhaṅga Sutta (q.v.)
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