Tissa Sutta: 1 definition
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Tissa 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)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Tissa Sutta - Relates the story of the Buddhas nephew, Tissa (No.14), who visits the Buddha and complains that the monks abuse him (S.ii.282).
2. Tissa Sutta - The story of Tissa (No.14) being taken to the Buddha because he complained of distaste for the monks life. By means of an allegory the Buddha teaches him how he can attain Nibbana, and promises to help him to do so. S.iii.106f.
3. Tissa Sutta - Moggallana, hearing the Buddha report a conversation between two devatas at Gijjhakuta, visits the Brahma Tissa in order to discover if the devas had knowledge of saupadisesa and anupadisesa.
Tissa tells him what he knows and Moggallana describes his visit to the Buddha. The Buddha tells him that Tissa had omitted to mention the animittavihari puggala, which he then proceeds to explain (A.iv.77f; cp. A.iii.332f).
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).
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Tissa, Sutta.
Ends with: Dukkhatatissa Sutta, Upatissa Sutta.
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