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The wisest disciple of the Gautama Buddha | Sariputta The Great Arahanth | Part 1 Dhamma Talk

Arahant Sariputta, The wisest disciple of the Gautama Buddha Śāriputra (Sanskrit: शारिपुत्र; Tibetan: ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ་, Pali: Sāriputta, meaning "the son of Śāri," born as Upatiṣya in Pali: Upatissa) held a prominent position among the Buddha's foremost disciples. Revered as the foremost of the Buddha's two chief male disciples, alongside Maudgalyāyana (Pali: Moggallāna), Śāriputra played a pivotal role in the Buddha's ministry. He is widely acknowledged in many Buddhist traditions as a key figure in the development of the Buddhist Abhidharma. Throughout Mahayana sutras, Śāriputra's presence is recurrent, often serving as a symbol or representative of the Hinayana (Theravada) school of Buddhism. This portrayal in Mahayana texts underscores his significance not only within the early Buddhist community but also in the evolving landscape of Buddhist thought and practice. Arahant Sariputta who was born into the chief family of a village named Upatissa was called Upatissa in his lay life. In the Buddhist literature his native village has also been named as Nalaka. His father was a brahmin named Vanganta and his mother’s name was Rupasari. Later he came to be known as Sariputta following his mother’s name meaning the son (putta) of Sari. Upatissa was the eldest of seven children with three younger brothers and three sisters all of whom gained ordination as monks and nuns in the Buddha’s dispensation and became Arahants. His three brothers were Cunda, Upasena and Revatha while his sisters were Cala, Upacala and Sisupacala. Cunda became a Buddhist monk, attained Arahanthood and remained as Arahant Sariputta’s attendant till Arahant Sariputta passed away in their family home. Upasena, who later came to be known as Vangantaputta following his father’s name was also an Arahant monk. He was declared by the Buddha as the foremost among the monks of pleasing deportment (samantapasadika) and passed away from a snake bite. Their mother had arranged an early marriage for her youngest son Revata to stop him too becoming a monk but on his wedding day he managed to escape and became a monk. He became an Arahant while meditating in the forest during a rainy season and had been declared by the Buddha as the foremost among the forest dwellers (arannaka). Arahant Sariputta’s three sisters Cala, Upacala and Sisupacala were married with one son each but later became nuns and attained Arahanthood. It is said that their three sons were also ordained as Buddhist monks by their uncle Arahant Revata. Arahant Sariputta’s mother Rupasari remained a Brahmin devotee all her life and was very hostile to the Buddha’s dispensation as all her seven children left the domestic life to become Buddhist monks and nuns. Upatissa’s meeting with Arahant Assaji One day, Upatissa happened to see Arahant Assaji who was doing his alms round for food in the city of Rajagaha. Arahant Assaji was one of the five ascetic companions who had supported the ascetic Gautama during the six years of his search for the path out of suffering and became Arahants after listening to the Buddha’s first and the second discourse. Upatissa was quite impressed with the calm and serene appearance of Arahant Assaji who kept walking in a gracious and dignified manner. He thought to himself that this ascetic must be either an Arahant already or on his way to become one. He wanted to ask about Arahant Assaji’s teacher and the teaching but as it was inappropriate to disturb the Arahant during the alms round, Upatissa waited till the Arahant sat down and completed his meal. Then, after exchanging greetings, Upatissa addressed Arahant Assaji as follows; “Serene are your features, friend. Pure and bright is your complexion Under whom, friend, have you gone forth as an ascetic? Who is your teacher and whose doctrine do you profess?” Arahant Assaji informed Upatissa that he was a pupil of Gautama Buddha and that he could not describe the teaching in detail as he has not been a monk for long. But, when Upatissa requested that the teaching is mentioned in brief, Arahant Assaji chanted the stanza, “Ye dhamma hetuppabhava, Tesaṃ hetuṃ tathagato aha; Tesanca yo nirodho, Evaṃvadi mahasamaṇo” “Of things that proceed from a cause Their cause the Tathagatha has told And also their cessation Thus teaches the great ascetic” On hearing the first two lines of the stanza, Upatissa became a Stream Enterer (sotapanna), the first noble spiritual stage of the Buddhist path of liberation. Having obtained the details of where the Buddha was residing, Upatissa went away to meet his friend Kolita to inform him of his discovery of the truth as per their agreement. When Upatissa repeated the above stanza to Kolita, he too became a Stream Enterer after listening to the four lines and entered the path of liberation.