This Maha Arahant was a bundle of energy, There was no task that he undertook which he failed to accomplish without utmost energy, not that the other Maha Arahants were lacking in energy but this Arahant was supreme,, He hailed from the kolivisa family. kolivisa was another name for a arahant was supreme.. He was born soon after the parinibbana of kassapa buddha in the city of Benares, usually have their haunt at the rock called Gandamana in the Himalayas, They are distinguished from sammasambuddhas as they haven,t the ability to make men realise the Truth, in other words, they do not teach the doctrine, the are sometimes called for this reason alone, silent Buddhas just as there are no two suns at the same time, so no pacceka Buddha would appear in the woueld when there is a samma sambuddha. Kolivisa sona had a residence built for pacceka Buddha and gave alms for three months. Finally, he offered a priceless shawl to be used as carpet. He resolved that he, too, would be born with a handsome appearance and his feet would be extraordinarily soft, he was born in this Dispensation of Gautama Buddha in the City of calachampa to a very wealthy family. His birth brought added wealth. His appearance was so pleasing about an hour ago · Like Piyaseela Piya that he was called sona By reason of his meritorious past coupled with aspiration, his diet consisted of a special rice in the preparation of which perfume plays no small a part Even the husks of this paddy were in great demand, And it was this rice that enabled him to seek the blessing of the Buddha. One day. the Elder Moggallana was anxious to procure a special diet for the Buddha who was convalescing after an illness, He saw with his divine eye, sona, enjoying perfumed rice in the far off city of kalacampalmmediately he was there with the begging bowl, sona was delighted to see the maha thera and offered him this particular brand of cooked rice, when this was done the thera explained the meaning of the mission sona, s joy knew no bounds, He requested the thera to partake of the food saying that he would give the Buddha the food that he sought so after the meal, the bowl was duly washed and filled with the rice, Before the flexed arm could be outstretched, the Great thera was able by his wonderous psychic power, to place the bowl at the feet of the Master at veluvana, the vihare donated by king Bimbisara at Rajagaha At the same moment king bimbisara arrived with a special diet for the buddha as soon as the bowl was uncovered, the spreading fragrance of the rice took the king by surprise. the king thought that this food was of sakka, the king of the goods or from the country of kurus. the kurus were people chosen by buddha as fit to receive a lerned discourse on Dhamma known as satipatthana sutta or the sermon on mindfulness, the text provides a course of meditation that is unique in the words of the blessed one it is the one and only way to Deliverance by the way, mindfulness is the seventh link of the noble Eightfold path, the Buddha sensing the feelings of king bimbisara said that the food was from no other than his own vassal at kala campa the buddha diplomatically offered a portion of the food to the king this made the king to send for sona and requested him to meet Buddha, sona was glad for the opportunity, he accordingly met the Buddha and sought ordination, he was given a suitable text for meditation the vigour with which he plied to be an Arahant made his soft feet split while walking in meditation blood oozed from his feet covering the floor he was so dissatisfied with his tardy progress that he even thought resuming the laman s life the all compassionate buddha asw what was happening buddha knew that sona had the capacity to become a maha arahant sona was a great violinist or one who was proficient in the playing of thelute. the buddha reminded him that music cannot be produced either by tightening the strings too much or keeping the strings too loose, neither too flat nor too taut sona realised the mistake of making too much effort at a single point of time, Needless to say that the lesson of the middle path drove home the rruth of deliverance, sona was able to get rid of fetters by even balance of effort, his mind was cleansed of the impurities that dog the ordinary mortals, sona became a maha arahant,,the buddha, addressing the monks and laity, declared sona was most eminent in exertion,,,HE WAS RICH SO WAS HIS FOOD HIS FRAGRANT RICE THE LORD ATE EFFORT HIS VIGOUR MADE GOOD TILL CAUTIONED BY THE WISE SAGE,,, about a minute ago · Like Piyaseela Piya Piyaseela Piyas photo.
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