The Enlightenment of Anuruddhathera

Abstract

The objectives of this article were; 1) to study the biography and perfection accumulation of Phra Anuruddha Thera and, 2) to study the enlightenment of Phra Anuruddha Thera. This research was documentary research, conducted by taking data from Tipitaka, its commentary, and related scriptures such as Visuddhimagga, etc., examined by advisors, revised, and compiled with descriptive type. The result was found that the enlightenment of Phra Anuruddha Thera was divided into 2 parts: Part 1 biography and perfect accumulation of Phra Anuruddha Thera read that he was the son of prince Amitodana and had one elder brother, Mahanama, and a young sister, Rohini. He had started his perfection accumulation from Padumuttara Buddha’s time while seeing a Bhikkhus granted the excellence position of clairvoyant one, then he made a wish on such. The Buddha knew and predicted that in the future he would be in a clairvoyant excellent position. Part 2; for the enlightenment of Phra Anuruddha Thera, he studied meditation from Venerable Sariputra. While he was meditating on the seven verses of Mahapurisavitaka, the Lord Buddha instructed him to while he was thinking on 7 Mahapurisavitaka, the Buddha persuaded him to think further 8^th Mahapurisavitaka, he followed the Buddha’s teaching until he had got enlightenment and Arahatship with great virtues, namely the four Patisambhida, eight Vimokkha, and the six Aphiñña.