20. During Siddhartha's life, not all of his disciples followed blindly; in fact, on occasion there was significant discord. Which of his disciples asked for Siddhartha to stand aside, and then proceeded to try to murder him when Siddhartha refused?
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Answer:
Devadatta
Stories tell us that Devadatta tried three times to kill Siddhartha. The first time Devadatta hired archers to shoot him, but Siddhartha, the Buddha, converted them. The second time Devadatta rolled a large boulder from atop a hill to land on Siddhartha, but it hit another rock and broke into pieces. The third time Devadatta got an elephant drunk, but once turned loose, it did not kill Siddhartha.
As to the other possible answers: Suddhodana was his father, Maha Pajapati was his foster mother, and Nanda was his half-brother.