I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Sandi's summary:
Tissa is an old man retired from the world who resides in a monastery as a monk and always sits in the center of the hall. When traveling monks come along and mistaken him for an elder, Tissa says nothing but cries and weeps to the Teacher when the monks find out and react angrily. This is a situation similar to a past life, how Tissa placed himself in the way of others and blamed them when the other being inevitably hurt him.
I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Yarzar's summary:
In a Monastery there was a monk named Tissa who had become a monk at an old age. When other monks visited the Monastery they saw Tissa in the middle of the Hall of State they thought him to be an elder and when the monks found out he was not they got upset with him and in turn Tissa got upset with them. Tissa then went to the teacher residing in the monastery with the other monks following him. After the teacher asked Tissa some questions he found him to be at fault. However, Tissa refused to apologize to the other monks and the teacher revealed in a past life, Tissa once again refused to apologize when he was the guilty one.
I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Paris's summary:
While some monks were visiting the monastery, they assumed Tissa to be a Great Elder. Tissa stayed quiet, and when the visiting monks found out he wasn't an elder and got upset, Tissa went to the Buddha and accused the monks of abusing him, and demanded an apology.
I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Kaitlyn Liu's summary:
There was a monk named Tissa who unlike others became a monk at an older age. When some visiting monks came by, they assumed that Tissa was an elder however, when figuring out that he was a monk they got furious. Upset, Tissa went to the monastery Teacher for comfort. After a lengthy interrogation, the Teacher finds out that Tissa is the one to blame in this situation. The Teacher wants Tissa to apologize however Tissa objects and surprisingly Tissa finds out that once in his past life, he has done the same thing.
I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Florence's summary:
THere was a monk named Tissa who was very old and fat. When other monks came to visit the monastery and mistakes him for an elder, Tissa did nothing for them, and didn't perform any services, yet acted as a victim and accused them of abusing him. When the Teacher questions Tissa, he finds out Tissa has done nothing for them and therefore he is to blame. However, Tissa refuses to apologize.
I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Leng Hom's summary:
Tissa is an old monk, who sat in the center of the monastery in the Hall of State. When some visiting monks, Tissa did not help them with their things or provide certain services for them, and instead stayed silent and did not feel any guilt not doing it. He attempts to go to the Teacher saying that the monks were abusing him. The Teacher asks if he helped the monks and performed services for them, he says that didn’t do any of the things so he is to blame, and is not allowed to sit in the center of the monastery. Tissa refuses to apologize to visiting monks after not offering to help them, which he has also done in his previous life.
I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Aung Maung's summary:
One day a man, Tissa, was sitting in the center of the Hall Of State. Some monks visiting saw Tissa and presumed him to be the an elder, so they asked him questions. The monks discovered he wasn't an elder, got upset, and went to the Buddha. Tissa went to the Buddha in sadness, accused the monks of abusing him, and said he needed an apology. The Buddha explained that he was wrong about what he did and told him about Tissa's past life, in which Tissa caused trouble and had an argument that almost killed him.
I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Phyo Oo's summary:
This story is about a man named Tissa. One day he was outside the monastery and a group of visiting monks saw him. They assumed he was some great elder and treated him with all the respect and treatment that an elder would receive. Tissa decided to stay quiet about it. The monks then discover that he is in fact not who he claims to be and goes to the Buddha. He explains how the monks abused, struck, and robbed him and demanded an apology.
I. 3. "Tissa the Fat"
(Thullatissattheravatthu)
Yamone Oo's summary:
Tissa is a man who retires from the world and answers with silence when an act of service is offered. He sits in the monestary but performs no acts of service for others himself. In the next story, Devala spends a night in the potters hall. Narada is also there and he steps on Devala and they curse one another.
