The Chief Disciples

I.8. "The Chief Disciples"
Aggasāvakavatthu Sandi's summary:
Sāriputta was reborn as Prince Sarada while Moggallāna was reborn as Householder Sirivaḍḍha and they grew up together as friends. One day, Prince Sarada decides to retire from the world, and seek the Way of Release. He invites Sirivaḍḍha to retire with him, but Sirivaḍḍha declines. By the time Buddha Anomadassī appears, Sarada had acquired Five Supernatural Faculties and the Eight Higher Attainments. When Sarada meets the buddha, he makes an earnest wish to become a chief disciple of a buddha in the future and later on, Sirivaḍḍha will follow, requesting the place of Second Disciple. I.8. "The Chief Disciples" Aggasāvakavatthu Leng Hom's summary:
The Teacher was born as a Brahman prince names Sumedha, who retired from the world and attained supernatural powers. Sumedha decided to select a portion of the road and let the Teacher go across him to continue his journey. the Teacher then said that he will become a Buddha named Gotama. Sumedha fulfilled the Ten Perfections, the Ten Minor Perfections, and the Ten Major Perfection. He was reborn as Vessantara, and reborn again in the Heaven of the Tusita gods. He was addressed to rescue the worlds of men and gods, discover the Region of the Deathless. He adopted the life of a monk, caused his monks to attain Arahatship, and sent the monks to go into the world, teaching and preaching. Before the Buddha appeared in the world, there were two Brahman villages that had a wife from each village that conceived a baby in her womb at the same time. Which when they gave birth, they named their child after the village’s names, Upatissa and Kolita. There was a festival celebrated every year in Rājahaha, and there was seats reserved for the two youths. They witnessed the passing show, and had reactions occasional to the situations. After several days of doing it, they grew wiser and decided to retire from the world and become monks under Sañjaya, an ascetic in the same village. After learning all of the ways available, they went along their own ways, answering questions they were asked. Upatissa saw an Elder and decided to follow him until it was the right time to ask him questions. The Elder thought to himself that the wandering ascetics are hostile to the religion he professes, so he will show the monk the profundity of our religion. He explained that he was a novice and haven’t been a monk for a long time. Upatissa responded back with that he will understand their saying in as many ways as possible, so tell him the substance only as the words are not important, the Elder then said the first line of the Stanza. I.8. "The Chief Disciples"
Aggasāvakavatthu Aye Aye Hnin's summary:
Once in the Chief Disciples' past lives, Sariputta was born in a family of a Brahman of great wealth named Prince Sarada and Moggallana was born in the family of a householder of great wealth, and his name was Sirivaddha. They became great friends and one day, Prince Sarada decided to become a monk and asked Sirivaddha to do the same but he declined. Sarada then attained great powers and the Buddha at the time came to him and prepared him a seat and alms, then listened to the discourse. Sarada wished to be the Chief Disciple and Sirivaddha did too. Sarada did not attain enlightenment because his mind was distracted. I.8. "The Chief Disciples" Aggasāvakavatthu Florence's summary:
Upatissa attained the Fruit of Conversion and informed the elder that he was leaving to tell his friend of his accomplishment after asking there the Teacher resided. On his way, the wandering ascetic Kolita saw him approaching and noticed the change in Upatissa's expression and found out Upatissa had attained the Deathless, and then both of them attained the Deathless and decided to inform another Teacher, the wandering ascetic Sanjaya. However that Teacher refused to go along with them. Another Teacher welcomed them to lead the holy life. Soon, all of the Teacher's disciples attained Arahatship except Upatissa and Kolita. When the Teacher assigned the roles of Chief Disciples to both of them, the other monks were offended and claimed the Teacher showed favoritism. Upon hearing that, the Teacher denied and told the story of two brothers, Maha Kala and Culla Kalla. From the rice-field they grew, Culla Kala desired to gift the Congregation of Monks with unripe rice, and convinced his brother to allow him to do so. They divided the field and after presenting the rice at the meal, the Teacher granted his wish to be the first to attain Arahatship. Now the spotlight shifts to Yaza. He had also wished for Arahatship. One day while in the process of burning the corpse of a pregnant woman he criticizes the impurity of the body, and then informed their close ones of it too. Because they spread the consciousness of the impurity of the body, they developed Specific Attainment, and obtained what they wished for. The 30 noble youths used to be 30 evildoers but they kept the Five Precepts for 60 thousand years. The three brothers- Uruvela Kassapa, Nadi Kassapa and gaya Kassapa also performed work of merit to obtain their Earnest Wish. I.8. "The Chief Disciples"
Aggasāvakavatthu Kaitlyn Liu's summary:
A teacher was born as a Brahman prince and his name was Sumedha. After becoming proficient in his studies and gaining a lot of inheritance from his mother and father, Sumedha decided to retire from the world and adopt an anchorite which won him Supernatural Powers. One day, Sumedha was flying and came across two paths, one learned and one not cleared. Sumedha chose the road that was not clear and made himself a bridge to cross. The Teacher taught Sumedha about all the different Buddhas and what one could try to attain to become one. Sumedha finally fulfilled all Thirty Perfections and was reborn as Vessantara. He was told to help the worlds of the people and the gods. So, he adopted the life of a monk and taught monks how to attain Arahatship so they could teach other people in the world. I.8. "The Chief Disciples" Aggasāvakavatthu Phyo Oo's summary:
This story talks about three brothers who made a wish to attain Arahatship. It also tells a story of a king and his four sons, including the Buddha Phussa, and their desire to entertain their brother. The king initially refused but later allowed them to do so for three months. During this time, the treasurer and the steward of the three brothers misused their responsibility of providing alms to the Congregation of Monks, causing their rebirth in the World of Ghosts after death. I.8. "The Chief Disciples" Aggasāvakavatthu Yamone Oo's summary:
There are four Incalculables and Sumedha is prophesized to become Buddha. I’m another story, two boys (Kolita and Sari) are born and plan to retire from the world and become monks. Two brothers (Maha and Culla Kala) wanted to gift unripe rice to monks. I.8. "The Chief Disciples" Aggasāvakavatthu Aung Maung's summary:
Once in the Chief Disciples' past lives, Sariputta was born in a family of a Brahman of great wealth named Prince Sarada and Moggallana was born in the family of a householder of great wealth, and his name was Sirivaddha. They became great friends and one day, Prince Sarada decided to become a monk and asked Sirivaddha to do the same but Sirivaddha declined. Sarada then attained great powers and the Buddha at the time came to him and preached a discourse to Sarada. Sarada wished to be the Chief Disciple and Sirivaddha did too. Sarada did not attain enlightenment because his mind was distracted.