Chavalata Sutta, Chavālāta-sutta: 1 definition

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Chavalata 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)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Some people are bent neither on their own profit nor on that of others, some only on anothers profit, some only on their own, and yet others on the profit of both themselves and others. He who belongs to the first class is like a firebrand from a funeral pyre, blazing at both ends, smeared with dung in the middle, useless for any purpose. A.ii.95.

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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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