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== Model for Lay Disciples == | == Model for Lay Disciples == | ||
In the [[Early Buddhist Texts]] (SN 17:23), the Buddha said that a devoted lay disciple should foster the wish to become like | In the [[Early Buddhist Texts]] (SN 17:23), the Buddha said that a devoted lay disciple should foster the wish to become like Citta and [[Hatthaka of Alavi|Hatthaka]], while devoted bhikkhus should aspire to equal [[Sāriputta]] and [[Mahāmoggallāna]]. They are the model standards are set for lay people and monks. Of the ten instructive discourses contained in the '''Citta Saṃyutta''', three of the discourses deal with the questions posed by Citta to the bhikkhus, three of them are queries put to Citta by the bhikkhus, and four refer to personal events.<ref>dhammatalks.net/Books13/Hellmuth_Hecker-Lives_of_the_Disciples-1.pdf</ref> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == |