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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").
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Ananda describes the path taught by the Buddha. DN 11 Kevaṭṭa Sutta [11] alt: Kevaḍḍha Sutta To Kevatta: Kevaddha asks the Buddha why he does not gain disciples by working miracles; the Buddha explains that people would simply dismiss this as magic and that the real miracle is the training of his followers. DN 12 Lohicca Sutta [12] To ...
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 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]
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.
They are incorporated in the Khuddhaka Nikāya as subdivisions of the Sutta Nipāta, the collection of the words spoken by the Buddha. The suttas portray the Aṭṭhakavagga as some of the Buddha's first sermons; the Udana depicts the Buddha asking a monk to recite Dhamma, and responding approvingly when he recites the Aṭṭhakavagga.
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 ...