Moggaliputta Tissa & The Buddha's Mistakes ?

[mirco]

Hi,

someone told me something unclear about a quote from like an "antology of the buddha's words" by Moggaliputta Tissa.
He found that within a preface of an edition of th Buddhavamsa

It goes like this:
"Venerable Sir, do you make mistakes?"
"Everyday I make mistakes," the Buddha replied."

So, anyone who can say something about this?


Thanks & Regards

[morning mist]

Hi,

I haven't come across that in the Sutta. Does the author provide the source of that quote or give the name of the sutta ? What I do find inthe sutta though is this passage from the Anguttara Nikaya 4:23 :

"Moreover, bhikkhus, whatever the Tathagata speaks, utters, and proclaims from the day of his perfect enlightenment up to the day when he utterly passes away into the Nibbana-element without residue left —all that is just so and not otherwise. Therefore he is called the Tathagata.
"Bhikkhus, as the Tathagata speaks, so he acts; as he acts, so he speaks. Therefore he is called the Tathagata." - AN 4:23 The Tathagata

With metta,

[cooran]

Hi,

someone told me something unclear about a quote from like an "antology of the buddha's words" by Moggaliputta Tissa.
He found that within a preface of an edition of th Buddhavamsa

It goes like this:
"Venerable Sir, do you make mistakes?"
"Everyday I make mistakes," the Buddha replied."

So, anyone who can say something about this?


Thanks & Regards

Mirco - There is no point in discussing this in a thread unless you can give a clear quote and a link to an accredited source. Please do so.

with metta
Chris

[mirco]

Mirco - There is no point in discussing this in a thread unless you can give a clear quote and a link to an accredited source. Please do so.

Hi cooran,

the thing is, I don't want to discuss it.
I am looking for a quote and a link to an accredited source or a book in print were to find it.
It must be in an Buddhavamsa edition.

Thanks & Be Well

[cooran]

Thanks mirco. My bad!

Here is a link - can you read the Preface and let us know what you find? I'm off to Dhammagiri forest Monastery this morning to give dana to the monk.

Buddhavamsa - Pali text society
https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/jrblack/web ... avamsa.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

with metta
Chris