Sabbasava Sutta, Sabbāsava-sutta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe second sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya. It was preached at Jetavana, and describes how the cankers (asava) can be destroyed. Extirpation of the asavas comes only to those who know and see things as they really are. Asavas can be got rid of in many ways: by scrutiny, restraint, use, endurance, avoidance, removal and culture. The sutta describes these various ways. M.i.6ff.
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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Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part I - Mulapariyaya Vagga < [(a) Mulapannasa Pali]
The Dawn of the Dhamma (by Sucitto Bhikkhu)
Buddhist Monastic Discipline (by Jotiya Dhirasekera)
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.5(c). Majjhima Nikāya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
A House on Fire (by Stephen L. Klick)
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 7, Chapter 4 < [Khandaka 7 - Dissensions in the Order]