Question & Answer #128: from the Uncarved Block to (Not) Visiting South Africa

Ha, when answering the question of the Buddha’s teachings to children I totally forgot to mention that the Buddha taught his own son Rahula when he was a child, and also other child renunciants. They apparently received essentially the same sort of teachings as the adults in this case, as can be seen from the Rahula Sutta of the Sutta Nipata.

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