Category:Devadatta
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Buddhist monk, cousin and brother-in-law of Gautama Siddhārtha | |||||
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| Date of birth | 6th century BC | ||||
| Date of death | c. 490 BC | ||||
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Devadatta (देवदत्त) was a Buddhist monk and the cousin of Gautama Buddha.
Devadatta is noted for attempting to kill the Buddha and harm the Sangha on several occasions including:
- Rolling a boulder towards the Buddha. Devadatta missed, but a splinter from the rock drew blood from the Buddha's foot. According to Buddhist tradition, injuring a Buddha is one of the five grave offenses, the five most heinous deeds someone can do.
- Intoxicating an elephant directed to charge at the Buddha. The Buddha was able to pacify the elephant by directing loving-kindness toward it.
- Murdered the nun and arhat Utpalavarṇā, another grave offense.
- Inciting patricide by convincing Ajatashatru to kill his father King Bimbisara.
- Causing a schism by starting a new order with 500 monks, all of whom were persuaded to return to the Buddha. This was Devadatta's third grave offense he committed directly.
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Media in category "Devadatta"
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150 Devadatta Rolls a Rock to Kill the Buddha.jpg 3,266 × 2,426; 1.28 MB
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151 Devadatta Causes Schism in the Sangha.jpg 3,266 × 2,426; 1.27 MB
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Devadatta (Sojiji Yokohama).jpg 349 × 583; 270 KB
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Devadatta place.JPG 555 × 364; 65 KB
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Great Mandala (大曼荼羅) of Nichiren Buddhism English.svg 849 × 713; 30 KB
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Great Mandala (大曼荼羅) of Nichiren Buddhism.svg 849 × 713; 29 KB
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SHAKA GOICHIDAIKI ZUE 1839 Mahapajapati Gotami and Devadatta.jpg 2,924 × 2,215; 6.73 MB