- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 13:23, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
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Rāhula
A 16th-century Tibetan depiction of Rāhula
- ... that according to Buddhist texts, Rāhula (pictured), the son of the Buddha, threw a handful of sand in the air every morning, and made the wish that good teachers gave him counsel as much as that sand? Source: "Rāhula himself was eager to receive instruction from the Buddha and his teachers and would rise early in the morning and take a handful of sand, saying: "May I have today as many words of counsel from my teachers as there are here grains of sand!" (Malalasekera 1960)
- ALT1:... that a discourse given by the Buddha to his one and only son (pictured) became one of the seven Buddhist texts recommended for study in the inscriptions of the Emperor Aśoka? Source: "The Ambalatthika-Rāhulovāda Sutta is among the portions of scripture mentioned in the Bhābrā Edict of Asoka as being essentially worthy of study by all monks"(Malalasekera 1960); "Asoka's contact with the Buddhist Sangha no doubt gave him some knowledge of Buddhist texts. In order to help the Buddhist monks and the lay disciples he recommended several Buddhist texts for the purpose of their constant study, for their daily practices and for the development of Buddhism. The Bhabru or Bairiit Edict says: ... (vii) The sermon to Rahula beginning with the Sermon on Falsehood as delivered by the Lord Buddha ..." (Hazzra 1995, p.38.)
Improved to Good Article status by Farang Rak Tham (talk) and Santhapriya (talk). Nominated by Farang Rak Tham (talk) at 21:45, 22 September 2019 (UTC).
Nice work! This new GA is long enough, neutral, and well referenced. ALT0 appears to be more legendary than historical, and I think it's unsuitable to be presented as fact. ALT1, on the other hand, appears historical and is supported by sources. QPQ is done, AGF on copyvio as Earwig is down right now and there are too many sources to check manually. No image to review, but I think this featured picture would be nice for the main page. Do you want to add it to the nomination? Good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 00:29, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Zanhe: Good idea. I am afraid I will mess up the markup when I add the picture now, so if you could help me with that, that would be much appreciated. Since you have not crossed out the main hook yet, I have expanded on it, to show that it's a traditional account. Thanks, --Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 21:25, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Farang Rak Tham: I've added the picture, and I hope it will be used as we don't often have the chance to have a featured image to accompany a DYK. ALT0 is fine now that attribution has been added. -Zanhe (talk) 21:40, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
Earwig is working again. No copyvio found. Good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 06:42, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, Zanhe. That's very kind of you.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 13:04, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
