Kula Sutta

1. Kula Sutta.-Families consisting of many women and few men are molested by robbers; likewise a monk who has not developed emancipation of mind through love is easily molested by non-humans (S.ii.263).

2. Kula Sutta. Asibandhakaputta visits the Buddha at the Pāvārika-ambavana in Nālandā at Nigantha Nātaputta's request, and tells the Buddha that he does wrong in obtaining alms from famine-stricken Nālandā. The Buddha replies that his begging does not come within the eight causes of injury to families: viz.,

• the actions of kings and robbers, fire, water, loss of savings, slothfulness, wastrels and impermanence.

Asibandhakaputta becomes the Buddha's follower (S.iv.322f).

3. Kula Sutta.-The five advantages which accrue to families visited by holy men:

• they cleanse their hearts and attain to heaven;
• they greet the monks respectfully and are born noble;
• they conquer greed and gain power;
• give alms and obtain wealth;
• ask questions and become wise (A.iii.244f).

4. Kula Sutta.-Seven reasons for which a family is not worth visiting:

• they neither greet one nor show courtesy;
• provide no seats;
• hide what they have;
• having much, give little;
• what they do give they give carelessly and half-heartedly (A.iv.10).

5. Kula Sutta.-Similar to 4. Nine reasons are given, the additional ones being: they show no desire to hear the doctrine and take no interest when it is preached to them. A.iv.387.
 

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from