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Suttavibhanga (-vibhaṅga, Pali for "rule analysis") is the first book of the Theravadin Vinaya Pitaka. It is a commentary on the community rules . The general form of the commentary is that each rule is preceded by a story telling how the Buddha came to lay it down, and followed by explanations.
The Vibhaṅga is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, where it is included in the Abhidhamma Pitaka. One known English translation is contained in The Book of Analysis, first published in 1969. [1] The book has eighteen chapters, and each deals with a particular topic: aggregate ; sense bases
The Last Days of the Buddha: Story of the last few months of the Buddha's life, his death and funeral, and the distribution of his relics. DN 17 Mahasudassana Sutta Story of one of the Buddha's past lives as a king. The description of his palace has close verbal similarities to that of the Pure Land, and Rupert Gethin has suggested this as a ...
The Buddha says, "Dhamma is the best thing for people In this life and the next as well." Further, the Buddha proves that Dhamma is indeed the best thing of all things in life. He takes the example of King Pasenadi of the Kosala Kingdom, who has now conquered the Sakyans. The Sakyans revere, praise, and serve him with respect.
The Brahmajāla Sutta is the first of 34 sutta in the Dīgha Nikāya (the Long Discourses of the Buddha), the first of the five nikāya, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the "three baskets" that compose the Pali Tipitaka of Buddhism. The name means Raft (jāla-made.of inflatable cow or buffalo skins tied to a wooden platform ...
A common list of good karmas taught by the Buddha is the list of ten courses of action as outlined in MN 41 Saleyyaka Sutta (and its Chinese parallel in SĀ 1042). [389] [390] Good karma is also termed merit , and the Buddha outlines three bases of meritorious actions: giving, moral discipline and meditation (as seen in AN 8:36).
The book has been published in English, German, and Korean. English-language editions have been published in the US, the UK, and India. In the US, the book has also been issued by its original publisher as part of a series entitled Classics of Indian Spirituality. [34] The stand-alone US editions are: Easwaran, Eknath (2007).
In Buddhism, Buddha (/ ˈ b uː d ə, ˈ b ʊ d ə /, which in classic Indic languages means "awakened one") [1] is a title for those who are spiritually awake or enlightened, and have thus attained the supreme goal of Buddhism, variously described as nirvana ("blowing out"), bodhi (awakening, enlightenment), and liberation (vimutti, vimoksa).