Why did the Buddha once reject a group of 500 monks who came to his monastery for the Rains Retreat? What wisdom could possibly be behind the Buddha’s seemingly harsh response to the raucous they created after having just arrived? More importantly, what dhamma lessons does this story of the monks led by Yasoja have for us today? In this sutta discussion, we see why the Buddha has been described as the supreme teacher of men ready to be tamed and also the significance of the Buddhist concept of noble silence.
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