Dighajanu, Dīghajānu: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA Koliyan, inhabitant of Kakkarapatta. There he visited the Buddha and asked for a teaching which would bring happiness both in this world and the next. The Buddha explained to him the four conditions of temporal welfare - utthana sampada, arakkha sampada, kalyanamittata and samajivita. He then explained the four conditions of spiritual welfare - saddha sampada, sila sampada, caga sampada and panna sampada. In this discourse the Buddha addresses him as Byagghapajja (A.iv.281ff). The Commentary (AA.ii.778) says this was a paveni nama, common to all Koliyans.
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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Starts with: Dighajanu Sutta.
Full-text: Dighajanu Sutta, Kakkarapatta, Koliya.
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