III.8. Nanda the Herdsman
Nandagopālavatthu
Yamone Oo's summary:
Nanda was a wealthy herdsman who tended cattle. He would constantly take the 5 products from the cow and invited the Teacher to come. At first, the Teacher did not come, but when Nanda became more wise, the Teacher went to visit. For 7 days he gave the Congregation of Monks the 5 cow products, on the 7th day he was established as the Fruit of Conversion. So he went along and traveled with the Teacher but ended up getting killed because of a bad past life deed.
III.8. Nanda the Herdsman
Nandagopālavatthu
Aung Maung's summary:
In Savatthi, there was a herdsman named Nanda who took the 5 products of a cow and presented them to the Teacher. He invited the Buddha to come to his home, but the Buddha waited for Nanda's wisdom to ripen. When Nanda's wisdom had ripened, the Buddha finally went to his home where Nanda gave Him and the Congregation of Monks the best of the five products of a cow and hospitality for seven days. On the seventh day, after listening to a discourse, Nanda accompanied the Buddha, but when he returned home, he was killed by a hunter.
III.8. Nanda the Herdsman
Nandagopālavatthu
Phyo Oo's summary:
Five hundred monks traveled to a village to practice meditation, and the villagers offered them hospitality and requested them to stay for three months. However, virtuous spirits living in a nearby forest-grove felt it was inappropriate for them to continue their usual activities if the monks were present. The spirits tried to drive the monks away by causing them to experience hallucinations and physical discomfort. The monks, troubled by these disturbances, decided to leave and returned to the Teacher, explaining the situation. The Teacher advised them to return to the same place but gave them a weapon in the form of reciting the entire Metta Sutta.
