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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA wealthy burgess of Savatthi who died intestate. In the Samyutta Nikaya (S.i.89-91) we find Pasenadi, King of Kosala, visiting the Buddha at noonday and telling him that he had just finished having the bankers wealth removed to the royal coffers, eight millions of gold to say nothing of silver. And yet Aputtaka ate nothing except sour husk gruel left over from the previous day and wore only hempen garments.
In the next Sutta of the same Nikaya (S.i.91-3) the Buddha is reported as revealing the bankers past. In a former birth he had given alms to a Pacceka Buddha, Tagarasikhi, but later he repented and wished that he had given the food to slaves and workmen.
He had, in the same birth, slain the only son of his brother for the sake of his fortune.
As a result of the alms he was born seven times in the deva worlds and seven times as a rich man of Savatthi. His repentance made him inclined to deny himself enjoyment of sense desires. Owing to the murder of his nephew in his previous birth, he was childless in this, and he died intestate. After this life he was born in Maharoruva purgatory.
The Mayhaka Jataka (J.iii.299f.), contains the whole story of the bankers past and present, giving many graphic details not found in the Samyutta account, but it does not mention the seven births in heaven or in Savatthi. It adds that the kings men took seven days and nights to remove the treasure. Aputtaka is there referred to not as Aputtaka but as Agantuka (Strange). See also DhA.iv.76-80.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Aputtaka Sutta.
Ends with: Tamraputtaka, Tulaputtaka.
Full-text: Aputtaka Sutta, Aputtasetthi Vatthu, Rajopakirnakasutra, Tagarasikhi.
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Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
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