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Punabbasukutumbikaputta Tissa Thera
He was of Ceylon, and crossed over to India, where he studied under Yonaka
Dhammarakkhita. On his way home by sea he felt doubtful of one word, and
returned all the way, one hundred leagues, to consult his teacher. On the way
from the port he mentioned the word to a householder, who was so pleased with
him that he gave him a blanket and one hundred thousand. This blanket Tissa gave
to his teacher, but the latter cut it up and used it as a spread, as an example
to others (not to desire luxuries). Tissa had his doubts set at rest and
returned to Jambukola. There, at the Vālīkāvāma, as he was sweeping the
courtyard of the cetiya, other monks asked him questions in order to vex him.
But he was able to answer all these, having attained the patisambhidā. VibhA.
389.

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