Ugghatitannu: 2 definitions

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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Access to Insight: A Glossary of Pali and Buddhist TermsOf swift understanding. After the Buddha attained Awakening and was considering whether or not to teach the Dhamma, he perceived that there were four categories of beings: those of swift understanding, who would gain Awakening after a short explanation of the Dhamma; those who would gain Awakening only after a lengthy explanation (vipacitannu); those who would gain Awakening only after being led through the practice (neyya); and those who, instead of gaining Awakening, would at best gain only a verbal understanding of the Dhamma (padaparama).Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'one who already during a given explanation comes to penetrate the truth' (Pug.).

This is one of four types of persons classified according to their ability of acquiring insight, mentioned in A.IV.133.

Cf. also vipacitaññu, neyya, pada-parama.

See The Requisites of Enlightenment, by Ledi Sayadaw (WHEEL 171/174) p. 1ff.

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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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