Madhupindika Sutta, Madhupiṇḍika Sutta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesDandapani meets the Buddha at the Mahavana near Kapilavatthu and questions him as to his tenets. The Buddha explains that his tenets are such that they avoid all strife and make a man dwell above all pleasures of sense, etc. Dandapani shakes his head and walks on, without comment.
Later in the evening the Buddha visits the Nigrodharama and tells the monks there briefly how to get rid of all obsessions, so that all evil and wrong states of mind are quelled and pass away entirely. After the Buddhas departure the monks seek Maha Kaccana and ask him to expound in detail what the Buddha has told them in brief. Kaccana explains that where there is eye and visible form, visual consciousness arises, this begets contact, contact conditions feeling, what a man feels he perceives, what he perceives he reasons about, and this leads to obsession. It is the same with the other senses. The monks report this explanation to the Buddha, who approves of it and praises Kaccanas earning and insight. Ananda praises the discourse, comparing it to a honeyed pill of delicious savour, and the Buddha suggests that the sutta should be remembered by that name (Madhupindika) (M.i.108-14).
Nagita was; among those present when the sutta was preached. He was thereby persuaded to enter the Order, and soon after became an arahant. ThagA.i.183.
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: Madhupindika, Sutta.
Full-text: Kaccana Peyyala, Mahavana, Niddesa, Nagita, Papanca.
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