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The Maṅgala Sutta is a discourse (Pali: sutta) of Gautama Buddha on the subject of 'blessings' (mangala, also translated as 'good omen' or 'auspices' or 'good fortune'). [1] In this discourse, Gautama Buddha describes 'blessings' that are wholesome personal pursuits or attainments, identified in a progressive manner from the mundane to the ...
The word "Uposatha" derives from the Muluposatha Sutta (AN 3.70), in which a lay woman named Visakha, visited the Lord Buddha and says she is observing the Uposatha day. The Lord Buddha replies that there are different Uposatha days, then proceeds to tell her the correct version of the Uposatha day, the Uposatha of the Noble Disciples .
Maha-punnama Sutta: The Great Full-moon Night Discourse: On a lovely full moon night, one of the mendicants presents the Buddha with a series of questions that go to the heart of the teaching. But when he hears of the doctrine of not-self, another mendicant is unable to grasp the meaning. MN 110 Cula-punnama Sutta
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The Digha Nikaya consists of 34 [1] discourses, broken into three groups: . Silakkhandha-vagga—The Division Concerning Morality (suttas 1-13); [1] named after a tract on monks' morality that occurs in each of its suttas (in theory; in practice it is not written out in full in all of them); in most of them it leads on to the jhānas (the main attainments of samatha meditation), the ...
Sutta number Pali title English title Ud II.1 Muccalinda Sutta: Muccalinda the Naga King Ud II.2 Raja Sutta: Kings Ud II.3 Danda Sutta: The Stick Ud II.4 Sakkara Sutta: Veneration Ud II.5 Upasaka Sutta: The Lay Follower Ud II.6 Gabhini Sutta: The Pregnant Woman Ud II.7 Ekaputta Sutta: The Only Son Ud II.8 Suppavasa Sutta: Suppavasa Ud II.9 ...
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The most commonly recited texts are the Mangala Sutta, Ratana Sutta, Karaniya Metta Sutta, and Khuddakapatha. [6] The most common versions of the Maha Pirit Potha may have originated from a precursor of the Khuddakapatha , which otherwise receives relatively little attention in Theravada countries.