Mahanidana Sutta, Mahānidāna-sutta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe fifteenth Sutta of the Digha Nikaya, preached to Ananda at Kammassadamma in the Kuru country. Ananda says that the doctrine of events as arising from causes is quite clear to him; that it only appears deep. Say not so, warns the Buddha, and proceeds to give a detailed exposition of the Paticcasamuppada, or Chain of Causation, as it comes later to be called, explaining how each link in the chain of samsara is both the effect of one factor and the cause of another. The Sutta also discusses the idea of soul, the seven resting places of cognition (vinnanatthiti), the two spheres (ayatana), and the eight kinds of deliverance (vimokkha). D.ii.55-71; Thomas: cp. Cit.,197.
Khema had heard the Mahanidana Sutta in the time of Kassapa Buddha (Ap.ii.546, vs.34). On hearing it again, preached by Gotama, she revived her memory and became an arahant. Apii.549, vs.72.
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: Sutta, Mahanidana.
Full-text: Nidana Sutta, Kammasadamma.
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