Amrapali and Upagupta

A beautifully story of Amrapali, a woman disciple of Lord Buddha who gave up her life of pleasure and took to ascetism told in comic book style in this Amar Chitra Katha series.

The story of Amrapali is told in the 'Maha-Parinibbana Sutta' and in 'Malasarvastivadas'. The garden which Amprapali gave up to Lord Buddha still existed when Fa-Hien visited India during the Gupta age. Upagupta was a disciple of Buddha. For him, ahimsa (non-violence) did not merely mean desisting from violence but also doing positive good and showing compassion. When Vasavadatta was shunned by society and had nowhere to go, Upagupta took her to his hermitage.

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