In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Cula Kala - The youngest of three brothers, named Kala, house holders of Setavya. He accompanied Maha Kala to Savatthi with a caravan, and when Maha Kala entered the Order he joined him. Later, as they were returning to Setavya, this time with the Buddha and the monks, he was sent on ahead to arrange seats in his former house, whither the Buddha and the monks had been invited. His two erstwhile wives mocked at him and persuaded him to return to the lay life. DhA.i.55ff

2. Cula Kala - A previous birth of Anna Kondanna. He was a house holder of Hamsavati, in the time of Vipassi Buddha. One day going to the rice field, he hulled a kernel of rice, ate it and found it unusually sweet. He thereupon obtained his share of the field from his brother Maha Kala, and gave to the Buddha and the monks the first fruits of a single crop, nine times, at nine different stages (DhA.i.82). He thus became the first to gain any attainment when Gotama Buddha preached his first sermon (DhA.i.8ff).

3. Cula Kala - A lay disciple of the Buddha. He was once on his way back to Savatthi, having spent the night in listening to the Doctrine, when thieves, fleeing from their pursuers, threw their stolen goods in front of him and disappeared. When he was charged with theft, some women water carriers, who had witnessed the incident on their way to the watering place, obtained his release. DhA.iii.157.

context information

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).

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Partial matches: Cula, Kala.

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