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who used to be close and attend the Buddha for some time but quit monkhood for

two reasons:

1. Because the Buddha did not present miraculous power

2. Because the Buddha did not proclaim on world genesis
On this matter, the Buddha told Bhaggava about the idea and behaviour of

Sunakkhatta when told on quitting monkhood that:

1. On quitting monkhood and would not stay to attend, the Buddha asked
Sunakkhatta whether or not the Buddha asked him to stay. When he said

it was not, the Buddha said it was not the business to tell about the

quitting.

2. On the proclaim on world genesis not done by the Buddha that caused

Sunakkhatta to be disappointed and asked for quitting monkhood. When
the Buddha asked whether Sunakkhatta got promise by the Buddha to

tell, he said it was not. Then, the Buddha said it he was not promised, it

was not the business to tell to quit. The Buddha explained further on the
questions Sunakkhatta was asked. One was that whether Dhamma

proclaimed would help to reach the Final Goal (Nibbāna). Sunakkhatta

accepted it was not. Another question asked by the Buddha whether

miraculous power presented would help to reach the Final Goal,

Sunakkhatta answered it would not. So the Buddha concluded the
miraculous power presented was of no use.

However, the Buddha kindly explained on the 3 times miraculous power

presented to Sunakkhatta while he was the Buddha’s attendant. The first
miracle was the foretold being of the naked ascetic name Korakkhattiya

worshipped by Sunakkhatta as the excellent Arahant. The foretelling

concerned what Korakkhattiya would die within 7 days with Alasaka (not

digested dieting disease). The second time was that the naked ascetic

name Kalāramajjhaka who was worshipped by Sunakkhatta as the
excellent Arahant, would go back to live like a lay, by putting on cloth,

getting married, and eat the newly cooked food (Kummasa) that promised

he would never did practice for the whole life. The third miraculous
power presented by the Buddha was the foretelling that the third naked