Tapassu Sutta, Tapussa Sutta: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe householder Tapassu visits Ananda at Uruvelakappa, and expresses surprise that young men in the fullness of life can renounce the pleasures of household life and enter the Order. Ananda takes Tapassu to the Buddha, who is having his siesta at the foot of a tree in the Mahavana, and repeats Tapassus remark. The Buddha tells Ananda how he himself had attained to Buddhahood by passing through the nine successive stages, the anupubbavihara. These nine stages consist of the four jhanas, the four ayatanas (akasanancayatana, etc.), and, as the crowning stage, the sannavedayitanirodha (A.iv.438ff).
The Tapassu mentioned is evidently identical with the brother of Bhalluka mentioned above.
The Commentary (AA.ii.814) on this passage makes no attempt to distinguish him from any other.
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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Partial matches: Tapassu, Sutta.
Full-text: Tapassu.
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