Anupubbikatha, Anupubbi-katha, Ānupubbikathā: 5 definitions

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Anupubbikatha means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Access to Insight: A Glossary of Pali and Buddhist TermsGradual instruction. The Buddhas method of teaching Dhamma that guides his listeners progressively through increasingly advanced topics: generosity (see dana), virtue (see sila), heavens, drawbacks, renunciation, and the four noble truths.Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'gradual instruction', progressive sermon; given by the Buddha when it was necessary to prepare first the listener's mind before speaking to him on the advanced teaching of the Four Noble Truths. The stock passage (e.g. D. 3; D 14; M. 56) runs as follows:

"Then the Blessed One gave him a gradual instruction - that is to say, he spoke on liberality ('giving', dāna), on moral conduct (sīla) and on the heaven (sagga); he explained the peril, the vanity and the depravity of sensual pleasures, and the advantage of renunciation. When the Blessed One perceived that the listener's mind was prepared, pliant, free from obstacles, elevated and lucid; then he explained to him that exalted teaching particular to the Buddhas (buddhānam sāmukkamsikā desanā), that is:

  • suffering,

  • its cause,

  • its ceasing,

  • and the path."

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ānupubbikathā : (f.) graduated sermon.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Anupubbi-kathā, (f.) (anupubba + kathā, formation like dhammi-kathā) a gradual instruction, graduated sermon, regulated exposition of the ever higher values of four subjects (dāna-kathā, sīla°, sagga°, magga°) i. e. charity, righteousness, the heavens, and the Path. Bdhgh. explains the term as anupubbikathā nāma dānânantaraṃ sīlaṃ sīlânantaro saggo saggânantaro maggo ti etesaṃ dīpana-kathā” (DA.I, 277). Vin.I, 15, 18; II, 156, 192; D.I, 110; II, 41; M.I, 379; J.I, 8; VvA.66, 197, 208; DA.I, 308; DhA.I, 6; Miln.228. — The spelling is frequently ānupubbikathā (as to lengthening of anu see anu Note (a)), e. g. at D.I, 110; II, 41; M.I, 379; J.I, 8; Miln.228. (Page 39)

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ānupubbikathā, (for anupubbi° representing its isolated composition form, cp. ānubhāva & see also anupubbi°) regulated exposition, graduated sermon D.I, 110; II, 41 sq.; M.I, 379; J.I, 8; Miln.228; DA.I, 277, 308; DhA.IV, 199. (Page 101)

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context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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