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| − | [[Ordinary disciples]], who constitute the majority of [[disciples]], while devoted to the [[Buddha]] and his [[teaching]] and while having planted seeds for future [[liberation]], have not yet irreversibly entered the [[path]] to [[emancipation]] and are still [[subject]] to [[infinite]] [[rebirths]]. | + | [[Ordinary disciples]], who constitute the majority of [[disciples]], while devoted to the [[Buddha]] and his [[teaching]] and while having planted [[seeds]] for future [[liberation]], have not yet irreversibly entered the [[path]] to [[emancipation]] and are still [[subject]] to [[infinite]] [[rebirths]]. |
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Latest revision as of 02:15, 4 September 2013
"Chief Disciple" (Pāli: aggasāvaka; Sanskrit: agraśrāvaka):
In the Pali canon, the Chief Disciples are Sāriputta (Pāli; Sanskrit: Śāriputra) and Mahāmoggallāna (Pāli; Sanskrit: Maudgalyāyana).
"Great Disciple" (Pāli: mahāsāvaka; Sanskrit: mahā-śrāvaka):
Examples of Great Disciples are Mahākassapa (Pāli; Sanskrit: Mahākāśyapa), Ānanda, Anuruddha and Mahākaccāna.
"Ordinary Disciple" (Pāli: pakatisāvaka; Sanskrit: prakṛtiśrāvaka):
Ordinary disciples, who constitute the majority of disciples, while devoted to the Buddha and his teaching and while having planted seeds for future liberation, have not yet irreversibly entered the path to emancipation and are still subject to infinite rebirths.
