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Sunita was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha. He was born in a very poor family who had next to no food and was an outcast whose job was to gather flowers from shrines and throw them away: :People found me disgusting, :despised me, disparaged me. :Lowering my heart, :I showed reverence to many. Sunita was eventually ordained by Buddha himself: :The compassionate Teacher, :sympathetic to all the world, said: :"Come monk." :That was my formal Acceptance. Sunita practiced night and day Buddha's instructions and became a full Arahant which is the highest saint category, and he was acknowledged in this status by Brahma and Indra themselves who bowed down to this saint: :Then, as night was ending :& the sun returning, :Indra & Brahma came to pay homage to me, :hands palm-to-palm at their hearts: :"Homage to you, O thoroughbred of men, :Homage to you, O man supreme, :whose fermentations are ended. :You, dear sir, are worthy of offerings." ==References== *Excerpts are from the Theragatha XII.2 Sunita. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunita」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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