promise of celestial bliss." The Buddha then informed Nanda that He had been released from the promise the moment he had reached the supreme bliss of Nibbana, because the bliss of Nibbana was greater and transcended any celestial bliss." See also Ānanda, his cousin Rāhula, his nephew Notes References Dictionary of Buddhism, Keown, Oxford University Press, "The Buddha and His Teaching", Nārada, Buddhist Missionary Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1988, Nanda Sutta: About Nanda http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.3.02.than.html 5th-century BC people Indian Buddhists Arhats Family of Gautama Buddha Foremost disciples of Gautama Buddha