Bhante Sivali Thera was an Arahant during Buddha's time, he was praised by Lord Buddha as the "Etadagga" monk with greatest fortune.
Story of Arahant Sivali Thera
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thebuddhis ... thera/amp/
Normally in Thailand, a short Pali verse is recited to pay homage to the Arahant Sivali Thera:
"Sivali ca mahathero, devata narapujito;
Soraho paccayatimhi, aham vandami sabbada.
Sivali ca mahathero, yakkha devapi pujito;
Soraho paccayatimhi, aham vandami sabbada.
Sivali Theragunam, etam sotthi labham bhavantu me."
Sivali Thera as illustrated in Treasury Of Truth, Illustrated Dhammapada (Verse 414)
Arahant Sivali Thera image by Sri Lankan artist
Arahant Sivali Thera statue in Thailand
Arahant Sivali Thera
Arahant Sivali Thera
Last edited by Ontheway on Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
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sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
I like Arahan , i pray to Arahan
How good and wonderful are your days,
How true are your ways?
How true are your ways?
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
We should not pray to Arahant. Instead, we should respect the Arahants and learn from their experience and life histories.
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
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sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
i Pray to all arahan
How good and wonderful are your days,
How true are your ways?
How true are your ways?
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
In Myanmar, He was known as "Shin Thiwali"
In Sri Lanka, Sivali Thera was depicted in sitting posture.
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
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Wooden statue of Sivali Thera
Picture of Sivali Thera in Indian art.
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
I prayed to this Arahan 3 hours todaz
How good and wonderful are your days,
How true are your ways?
How true are your ways?
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
Full story of Sivali Thera:
https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book ... 64772.html
Sri Lankan styled Sivali Thera statue
Thai styled Sivali Thera statue
https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book ... 64772.html
Sri Lankan styled Sivali Thera statue
Thai styled Sivali Thera statue
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
Arahant Sivali Thera, beloved of both Devas and human, wherever he goes, that place will be crowded by pious devotees.
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%ABvali
Worshiping him for prosperity and good fortune in the Theravada traditions.
Worshiping him for prosperity and good fortune in the Theravada traditions.
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
Hi, I think that just the folk belief. Buddha did not teach good fortune is from worship or sacrifices.thomaslaw wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:35 am https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%ABvali
Worshiping him for prosperity and good fortune in the Theravada traditions.
But I suppose by paying homage to Arahant Sivali Thera, one can generate Kusala Kamma, and from these Kusala Kamma one gain good fortune.
As the Dhammapada goes,
"Abhivadana silissa,
niccam vuddhapacayino;
cattaro dhamma vaddhanti,
ayu vanno sukham balam."
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
Images of Sivali Thera
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
Revata (called Khadiravaniya). An arahant Thera. An eminent disciple of the Buddha, declared by him foremost among forest dwellers (araññakānam) (A.i.24). He was the youngest brother of Sāriputta, and a marriage was arranged for him by his mother who was miserable at seeing her children desert her one after another to join the Order, and wished to keep the youngest at home. He was only seven years old, and, on the wedding day, the relations of both bride and bridegroom showered blessings on the couple and said to the bride: "May you live as long as your grandmother." Revata asked to see the grandmother, and was shown a woman of one hundred and twenty, decrepit, and showing all the signs of advanced old age. Realizing that his wife would probably share the same fate, he left the bridal procession on some pretext on the way home, and ran away to a place where some monks lived. Sāriputta, foreseeing this, had instructed the monks to ordain his brother without reference to his parents, and, when Revata revealed his identity, the monks at once admitted him into the Order.
When Sāriputta heard this, he wished to visit his brother, but was persuaded by the Buddha to wait. Revata, after waiting a long time for the visit from Sāriputta, obtained from his teachers a formula of meditation and himself set out to see the Buddha. On the way he stopped at a khadiravana (acacia forest) during the rainy season and there won arahantship.
At the end of the rains the Buddha, accompanied by Sāriputta and Ananda, with five hundred other monks, started out to visit Revata.
There were two routes leading to the khadiravana, of which the shorter was thirty leagues long, straight, but infested with evil spirits. This the Buddha chose because Sīvalī Thera was in the company of monks, and the Buddha knew that the deities of the forest would provide the monks with all they needed because of Sīvalī's presence. When Revata knew that the Buddha was approaching, he created, by his magic power, splendid dwellings for him and his monks. The Buddha spent two months in the forest and then returned to the Pubbārāma in Sāvatthi. There he found that Visākhā had heard contradictory accounts of the dwelling erected by Revata for the monks who had accompanied the Buddha. He dispelled Visākhā's doubts and spoke of Revata's powers. DhA.ii.188ff.; it was on this occasion that the Buddha related the story of Sivalī's past.
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
Re: Arahant Sivali Thera
Prayed a lot today to the Arahan
How good and wonderful are your days,
How true are your ways?
How true are your ways?