Dighanakha Sutta, Dīghanakha-sutta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesPreached at Sukarakhatalena to Dighanakha, who tells the Buddha that no view can satisfy him. The Buddha points out to him the need for consistency in outlook and expounds to him his own doctrine. Sariputta is present, fanning the Buddha. At the end of the discourse, Sariputta becomes an arahant and Dighanakha a sotapanna (M.i.497ff). Elsewhere the sutta is called Vedanapariggaha. DhA.i.79; ThagA.ii.95; MA.ii.862; AA.i.92, 321; DA.iii.882.
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: Dighanakha, Sutta.
Full-text: Vedanapariggaha Sutta, Dighanakha, Koshthila.
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Part III - Paribbajaka Vagga < [(b) Majjihma Pannasa Pali]
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Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
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The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
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