I.6. "Kāḷa Junior and Kāḷa Senior"
Cullakāḷa-Mahākāḷavatthu
Sandi's summary:
There were two brothers, Culla Kāḷa and Mahā Kāḷa who traveled abroad with caravans to find goods to sell. Mahā Kāḷa listens to the law one day, and becomes a monk to pursue enlightenment, his youngest brother, Culla, follows in hopes to eventually dissuade him. Mahā goes on to practice the Duty of Contemplation in funeral grounds, he differentiates Decay and Death and attains Arahatship. During a visit to the Kāḷas’ household, the two brothers wives scheme to bring the monks back to the world, it works against Culla but it fails before Mahā.
I.6. "Kāḷa Junior and Kāḷa Senior"
Cullakāḷa-Mahākāḷavatthu
Yarzar's summary:
There were two brothers who had worked as merchants until the elder brother decided to become a monk. The elder brother had received a topic of meditation from his teacher, the Buddha, who gave him the task of observing “The Pure Practice of the Burning Grounder. The elder brother went to a burning ground where he asked the keeper of the grounds to find him a subject of meditation, which the keeper did so, leading to the monk’s Arahatship, and he decided to return to the Buddha, completing his meditation.
I.6. "Kāḷa Junior and Kāḷa Senior"
Cullakāḷa-Mahākāḷavatthu
Florence' summary:
See brothers- Culla Kala (brother1), Majjhima Kala (brother2) and Maha Kala (brother3). Brother3 wanted to be a monk despite brother1 trying to convince him otherwise, so instead brother1 decided to become a monk along with brother3. Brother1 however had the intention of one day leaving the monastery and bringing Brother3 back too. Thanks to the Teacher's instructions, Brother3 attained Arahatship, so when all the brother's wives tried to bring them back to the village, it worked on Brother1 but not Brother3.
I.6. "Kāḷa Junior and Kāḷa Senior"
Cullakāḷa-Mahākāḷavatthu
Aung Maung's summary:
There were once three brothers named Culla Kala, Majjihima Kala, and Maha Kala, and one day, Maha Kala decided to become a monk which led Culla Kala to do the same. Maha Kala listened to the Buddha instructing him to the pure practice of a burning grounder which help lead him to attain arahantship. On the other hand, Culla Kala was always thinking about his house life. The Buddha and the Congregation of Monks traveling from place to place arrived and Setavya. Culla Kala's wives hearing that the Buddha was coming planned to take their husband back and so Maha Kala's wives hearing this also tried to take him back but failed.
I.6. "Kāḷa Junior and Kāḷa Senior"
Cullakāḷa-Mahākāḷavatthu
Kaitlyn's summary:
There were three brothers, Culla Kala, Majjihima Kala, and Maha Kala. The oldest and the youngest, Maha Kala and Culla Kala, would travel abroad together to sell goods. One day, Maha Kala sees people going to hear the law and decides to join them. Maha Kala was fascinated and decided to become a monk under his Teacher. His younger brother, Culla Kala, does not like the fact that his brother is doing this and follows him one day hoping that he could persuade him to stop doing this. On a fateful day, the Buddha and the Congregation of Monks were traveling when they reached Setavya. Both the brother's wives heard this and hoped that they could stop their husbands from becoming monks but they failed.
