9.12 The Story about Suppabuddha the Sākiyan

Suppabuddha the Sākiyan was the Buddha’s father-in-law, but was very arrogant and obstructed the Buddha when he was on almsround, which led to the Buddha predicting the time and place of his death; Suppabuddha thought he could escape his fate, but he met it anyway; then the Buddha spoke a verse explaining the matter. Keywords: Arrogance, Destinies, Avīci