Ditthi Sutta: 1 definition

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Ditthi 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. Ditthi Sutta - Bad conduct in deed, word and thought, and wrong views lead to purgatory; their opposites to heaven. A.ii.226.

2. Ditthi Sutta - The same qualities, as in the above, make ones life barren, and earn for one the censure of the wise; their opposites have the opposite effect. A.ii.228.

3. Ditthi Sutta - A nun who is wrong in her views and her purpose and rejects the faith goes to purgatory. A.iii.140.

4. Ditthi Sutta - A monk who possesses dispassionate, benevolent and harmless thinking and right views is assured of salvation. A.ii.76.

5. Ditthi Sutta - Anathapindika visits a gathering of confessors of other tenets and confutes them by propounding to them the tenets of the Buddha, so far as they are opposed to their own. A.v.185ff.

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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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