Culasamudda, Cūḷasamudda, Cūlasamudda, Cula-samudda: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesAn Elder of Ceylon (Tambapanni). Once, in a time of famine, seven hundred monks came to him early in the day. Realising that he could not get alms anywhere in Ceylon, he took them across to Pataliputta by the power of his iddhi. Before he started the monks asked him the time, and when he told them they said, But, Sir, Pataliputta is far off! Friends, aged elders seize the distance and make it near. Where is the ocean, Sir? Friends, that was the dark ditch you passed on the way! But, Sir, the ocean is large! Friends, aged elders make the great small. (Vsm.403). The Majjhima Commentary (ii.758) mentions a Gavilangana vasi Culasammuda who, when asked what he wished for, answered, Lokuttara things only.
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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