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Sigālovāda Sutta is the 31st Sutta described in the Digha Nikaya ("Long Discourses of Buddha"). [1] It is also known as the Sīgāla Sutta , [ 2 ] the Sīgālaka Sutta , [ 3 ] the Si ṅ gālovāda Sutta , the Si ṅ gāla Sutta, [ 4 ] and the Sigālovāda Suttanta ("The Sigāla Homily").
The Mahaparinibbana sutta states that before the death of the Buddha, "heavenly music played in the sky in honor of the Realized One. And heavenly choirs sang in the sky in honor of the Realized One." [18] After the Buddha's death, laypeople venerated the Buddha "with dance and song and music and garlands and fragrances". [18]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item ... move to sidebar hide. Suttas from the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon. List of Digha Nikaya ...
The Buddha compares someone who understands only the letter of the teachings to someone who grabs a snake by the tail, and also invokes the famous simile of the raft. MN 23 Vammika Sutta: The Ant: In a curious discourse laden with evocative imagery, a deity presents a riddle to a mendicant, who seeks an answer from the Buddha. MN 24 Ratha ...
The Pāli texts state Kātyāyana taught the Madhupiṇḍika Sutta, the Kaccāyana Sutta, and the Parāyana Sutta. [2] In the Madhura Sutta, King Avantiputta of Madhurā approached Kātyāyana some time after the Buddha's parinirvana with a question regarding the Brahmin's claims to superiority due to their caste. Kātyāyana pointed out that ...
The Buddha preached the Four Noble Truths and the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutra, and they became the first five bhikkhus of the sangha. Assaji was the last to understand the teachings, and the Buddha had to give further explanations to him and Mahanama while the other three bhikkhus went out on alms round.
Drinking the Mountain Stream: Songs of Tibet's Beloved Saint, Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0-86171-063-0; Rinpoche, Thrangu (1997). Songs of Naropa:Commentaries on Songs of Realization. Rangjung Yeshe Publications. ISBN 978-962-7341-28-4. Guenther, Herbert V. The Royal Song of Saraha: A Study in the History of Buddhist Thought. a.) University of ...
The Buddhavaṃsa (also known as the Chronicle of Buddhas) is a hagiographical Buddhist text which describes the life of Gautama Buddha and of the twenty-four Buddhas who preceded him and prophesied his attainment of Buddhahood. [1] [2] It is the fourteenth book of the Khuddaka Nikāya, which in turn is the fifth and last division of the Sutta ...