Sunita

:for the singer see Sinitta
Sunita was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha. He was born in a very poor family who had next to no food and was an outcast whose job was to gather flowers from shrines and throw them away:
:People found me disgusting,
:despised me, disparaged me.
:Lowering my heart,
:I showed reverence to many.
Sunita was eventually ordained by Buddha himself:
:The compassionate Teacher,
:sympathetic to all the world, said:
:"Come, monk."
:That was my formal Acceptance.
Sunita practiced night and day Buddha's instructions and became a full Arahant which is the highest saint category, he was granted this status by Brahma and Indra themselves who bowed down to this saint:
:Then, as night was ending
:& the sun returning,
:Indra & Brahma came to pay homage to me,
:hands palm-to-palm at their hearts:
:"Homage to you, O thoroughbred of men,
:Homage to you, O man supreme,
:whose fermentations are ended.
:You, dear sir, are worthy of offerings."
==References==
Excerpts are from the Theragatha XII.2 Sunita.
Category:Disciples of the Buddha