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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Kamabhu Sutta - Kamabhu visits Ananda at Ghositarama in Kosambi and asks him whether the senses are the bonds of objects or objects the bonds of senses. Ananda answers that neither is true; the bond is the desire and lust that arise owing to the senses and the objects with which they come in contact. The Buddha, for instance, is free from such bondage (S.iv.165).

The same question is asked of Sariputta by Kotthita, who receives the same reply (S.iv.162f).

2. Kamabhu Sutta - Cittagahapati visits Kamabhu at Ambatakavana in Macchikasanda and is asked to solve a riddle:

Nelango setapacchado ekaro vattati ratho

Anigham passa ayantam chinnasotam abandhanam.

Citta explains this as referring to the Arahant and points out the significance of each term (S.iv.291f). In the Udana (p.76; UdA.370f; cf. DhsA.398) the words of the riddle are mentioned as having been used by the Buddha in reference to Lakuntaka Bhaddiya.

3. Kamabhu Sutta - Records another visit of Citta to Kamabhu. Citta asks a series of questions about the activities of the body, speech and mind and their cessation. Kamabhu explains them to Cittas satisfaction. S.iv.293.

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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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Partial matches: Kamabhu, Sutta.

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