The Great Chronicle of Buddhas
by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw | 1990 | 1,044,401 words
This page describes Introduction to the Etadagga-Vagga of the Ekaka-Nipata contained within the book called the Great Chronicle of Buddhas (maha-buddha-vamsa), a large compilation of stories revolving around the Buddhas and Buddhist disciples. This page is part of the series known as forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles. This great chronicle of Buddhas was compiled by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw who had a thorough understanding of the thousands and thousands of Buddhist teachings (suttas).
Introduction to the Etadagga-Vagga of the Ekaka-Nipata
I shall now narrate the stories of Mahātheras on the authority of the exposition of the Ekaka-Nipata, Etadagga-Vagga of the Aṅguttara Nikāya Commentary beginning with the story of Koṇḍañña Mahāthera, taken from among the members of the noble Sangha, the Buddha’s Disciples who were endowed with such attributes as suppaṭipaññātā.
In narrating the stories of these Mahātheras, I shall do so in four stages:
(a) aspiration expressed in the past,
(b) ascetic life adopted in final existence,
(c) attainment of unique spirituality and
(d) etadagga (top) title achieved.