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There are numerous versions of the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta.Among them, the Pali version is of an early date in respect of language and contents. The Mahāparinibbāna Sutta is of utmost historical and cultural value and therefore it has become a sourcebook for students of Buddhism, Buddha biography and history of Buddhist thought and literature.
The issue of how to determine if a teaching is a genuine teaching of the Buddha is present in the earliest Buddhist scriptures. One such text is the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, which has a section called 'The Four Great References' (mahāpadesa) that outlines a set of criteria for determining whether a teaching is from the Buddha. [2]
A Sui dynasty manuscript of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra. The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Sanskrit; traditional Chinese: 大般涅槃經; pinyin: Dàbānnièpán-jīng; Japanese: Daihatsunehan-gyō, Tibetan: མྱ ངནལས་དསཀྱི མྡོ; Vietnamese: Kinh Đại Bát Niết Bàn) or Nirvana Sutra for short, is an influential Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture of the Buddha ...
The title "Dhammapada" is a compound term composed of dhamma and pada, each word having a number of denotations and connotations. Generally, dhamma can refer to the Buddha 's "doctrine" or an "eternal truth" or "righteousness" or all "phenomena"; [ 3 ] at its root, pada means "foot" and thus by extension, especially in this context, means ...
The parinirvana of the Buddha is described in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta. Because of its attention to detail, this Theravada sutta, though first committed to writing hundreds of years after his death, has been resorted to as the principal source of reference in most standard studies of the Buddha's life. [3]
[122] [note 22] While the Theravada-tradition holds that the Sutta Pitaka is "the definitive recension of the Buddha-word", [123] and Theravadins argue that it is likely that the sutras date back to the Buddha himself, in an unbroken chain of oral transmission, [web 22] [web 23] [note 23] academic scholars have identified many such ...
Dhammadayada Sutta: Heirs in Dhamma: Some of the Buddha’s students inherit from him only material profits and fame. But his true inheritance is the spiritual path, the way of contentment. Venerable Sāriputta explains how by following the Buddha’s example we can experience the fruits of the path. MN 4 Bhaya-bherava Sutta: Fear and Terror
In the Pali Canon's Bhāvanānuyutta sutta ("Mental Development Discourse," [note 1] AN 7.67), the Buddha is recorded as saying: . Monks, although a monk who does not apply himself to the meditative development of his mind [bhavana [note 1]] may wish, "Oh, that my mind might be free from the taints by non-clinging!", yet his mind will not be freed.