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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Cittagutta Thera - An arahant. He lived at the Bodhimanda vihara, and was present, with thirty thousand monks, at the foundation of the Maha Thupa. Mhv.xxxix.41; Dpv.xix.6.
2. Cittagutta - An Elder living in the Kurandaka Cave. In the cave was a beautiful painting of the Renunciation of the Seven Buddhas, but he never saw it, though he lived there for sixty years. Three times the king sent for him, but he refused to go until the king decreed that no infant in the country should suck milk until the Elder should visit the palace. He dwelt in the palace for seven days and always pronounced the same blessing, no matter who saluted him: May the king be happy. On the Elders return to the cave, the deity in the ironwood tree outside stood holding a torch and the Elder attained arahantship (Vsm.38). It may be the same Elder who is mentioned elsewhere (Vsm.171) as having developed tejo kasina on regarding the flame of a lamp on his return to the vihara after listening to the Dhamma, and again pita kasina when he saw on Cittalapabbata a seat spread with pattanga flowers (Vsm.173).
3. Cittagutta - An arahant. He lived in Ambapasana, in the village of Anganakola. He was a fluent speaker, and while yet a puthujjana, preached the Rathavinita Sutta at the Lohapasada to a gathering of twelve thousand monks and nuns. In his explanation he referred to the glories of the Relic Chamber in the Maha Thupa. Though he described them in great detail, yet the Elder Maha Tissa, teacher of Asathakammika Tissa, being present, told him that his description was incomplete (MT.552f). The story is told to indicate the magnitude of the glories of the Relic Chamber.
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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Full-text: Anganakola, Ambapasana, Kurandaka, Mahatissa, Rathavinita Sutta, Mahathupa.
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Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
The Yellow Kasiṇa < [Chapter V - The Remaining Kasiṇas (Sesa-kasiṇa-niddesa)]
The Fire Kasiṇa < [Chapter V - The Remaining Kasiṇas (Sesa-kasiṇa-niddesa)]
II. Virtue < [Chapter I - Description of Virtue]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
The Story of Venerable Cittagutta < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
The Story of Venerable Mahā-Mitta < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)