Related:: [[Buddha]], [[Sariputta|Sāriputta]] # 🙏 Venerable Ānanda | Guardian of the [[Dhamma]] > [!tldr] The Guardian of Dhamma 🙏 > Ānanda is the Narrator of the [[Suttas|Sutta's]], as in: > > > ***==Evaṁ me sutaṁ==*** > > So I have heard. > [!tldr] Ānanda's Life > - Life story: > - [accesstoinsight.org](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/hecker/wheel273.html) > - Theragāthā > - [[Thag17.3 Ānandattheragāthā]] > - Ananda's enlightenment > - Pañcasatikakkhandhaka (The chapter on the group of five hundred) ([pli-tv-kd21](https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-kd21/en/brahmali)) > - (In Cūḷavagga, Khandhaka, Theravāda Vinayapiṭaka) > - Ananda's teachings > - [[SN51.15 Uṇṇābhabrāhmaṇasutta]] > - Give up desire, through desire > - MN108 Gopakamoggallānasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn108/en/sujato)) > - How Dhamma can continue on after Buddha passed away ## Buddha's Last words to Ānanda ![[DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta#^enough-ananda]] ![[DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta#^you-and-dhamma-as-refuge|DN16]] ![[DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta#^dhamma-as-teacher]] ![[DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta#^last-words-appamadena-sampadetha]] ## Theragāthā ![[Thag17.3 Ānandattheragāthā#^great-learnings]] ![[Thag17.3 Ānandattheragāthā#^kayagatasati-only-friend]] ## Ānanda's Enlightenment > [!NOTE] "Let me lie down!" — Ānanda's Enlightenment — In Pañcasatikakkhandhaka ([pli-tv-kd21](https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-kd21/en/brahmali)) > Venerable Ānanda thought, > _Atha kho āyasmā ānando—_ > > “It wouldn’t be proper for me to go to the assembly tomorrow if **I’m still a trainee**.” > _“sve sannipāto na kho metaṁ patirūpaṁ, **yohaṁ sekkho** samāno sannipātaṁ gaccheyyan”ti—_ > > After spending most of the night with **==mindfulness directed to the body==**, early in the morning he **bent over** to lie down. (Thinking **=="Let me lie down!"==**) > _bahudeva rattiṁ **==kāyagatāya satiyā==** vītināmetvā rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ “**==nipajjissāmī==**”ti kāyaṁ **āvajjesi**._ > > In the interval **between his feet coming off the ground and his head hitting the pillow**, > _Appattañca sīsaṁ bibbohanaṁ, bhūmito ca pādā muttā._ > > his **mind was freed from the corruptions through letting go**. > _Etasmiṁ antare **==anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimucci==**._ > > And Venerable Ānanda went to the assembly as a **perfected one**. > _Atha kho āyasmā ānando **arahā** samāno sannipātaṁ agamāsi._ ^ananda-enlightenment ## Suttas ### Teachings of Ānanda - [[MN53 Sekhasutta]] - [[SN51.15 Uṇṇābhabrāhmaṇasutta]] ### Important Suttas with Ānanda - [[DN15 Mahānidānasutta]] - [[SN45.2 Upaḍḍhasutta]] ### Life of Ānanda - thag17.3 Ānandattheragāthā ([link](https://suttacentral.net/thag17.3/en/sujato)) - SN9.5 Ānandasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn9.5/en/sujato)) - Deity urged Ananda to work hard on his own liberation