Satta Vassani Sutta, Satta-vassāni-sutta: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesMara approaches the Buddha under the Ajapalanigrodha in Uruvela, and engages him in conversation. He asks the Buddha to go about among men and make friends and be happy, satisfied with having discovered the path of immortality for himself without feeling it necessary to teach others. But the Buddha refuses his request, and Mara confesses that he has no longer any power over him; he is like a crab whose claws have been broken one by one. The sutta adds that Mara had been awaiting an opportunity to find a flaw in the Buddha for seven years. The Commentary adds six before the Enlightenment and one after. He retires discomfited and sits not far away from the Buddha, brooding, scratching the earth with a stick. S.i.122ff.
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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