Khanu Kondanna, Khānu-koṇḍañña: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA thera. He became an arahant while living in the forest. One day, while sitting on a flat stone, he entered into a trance. A pack of thieves, mistaking him for the trunk of a tree, piled their sacks on to his head and body and slept around him. In the morning, discovering their mistake, they begged forgiveness and, having listened to his preaching, became monks. It was this incident which gained for him the name of Khanu (stump). The Buddha praised him on account of his achievement (DhA.ii.254f).
Khanu Kondannas samadhi is classified under vipphara iddhi, inasmuch as even the uproar, caused by the thieves in piling up their sacks, did not disturb it. E.g., BuA.24; PsA.497.
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: Kondanna, Khanu.
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