Abhayarajakumara-sutta, Abhayarājakumāra-sutta, Abhaya-rajakumara-sutta, Abhaya-rājakumāra-sutta: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesIt contains the episode of Prince Abhaya visiting the Buddha at Rajagaha and setting him the questions suggested by Nigantha Nataputta:
Would a Tathagatha say anything unpleasant or disagreeable to others?
If he did, how would he differ from ordinary men?
If he did not, how was it that the Buddha spoke of Devadatta as a reprobate, a child of perdition, etc. - words which angered and upset Devadatta?
The Buddha answered that the question needed qualification and, noticing that the prince was nursing his little boy, who lay in his lap, asked him what he would do if a pebble or a stick got into his mouth. I should pull it out even if the blood flowed. Just so would a Buddha state unpleasant truths in due season if necessary and profitable.
At the end of the discourse Abhaya accepts the Buddha as his Teacher (M.i.391ff).
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: Sutta, Abhaya, Rajakumara.
Full-text: Abhaya.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Buddha attributes (4): Sugato < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
Abhaya Rājakumāra Sutta in Brief < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part I - Gahapati Vagga < [(b) Majjihma Pannasa Pali]
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]