Dhamma Sutta: 1 definition

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Dhamma Sutta 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.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Dhamma Sutta - On the four kinds of preachers: those who speak little and cannot persuade the audience and those who can; those who speak much and cannot persuade the audience and those who can. A.ii.138.

2. Dhamma Sutta - On ten matters to be continually considered by an ascetic. A.v.87f.

3. Dhamma Sutta - Devadatta brought schism into the Order because, in him, the conditions of good karma came to be extirpated. S.ii.240.

4. Dhamma Sutta (or Sajjhaya Sutta) - Once a certain monk retired to a forest track in Kosala. His life had been one of great diligence, but later he lived at ease, resigned and given to silence. A deva asked him the reason for this change, and he replied that he had realised the Pure and the Holy (S.i.202).

5. Dhamma Sutta - See Nava Sutta.

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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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