Mahapanha Sutta, Mahāpañha-sutta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesMahapanha Sutta 1. Mahapanha Sutta
A series of questions and answers forming an epitome of the Buddhas teachings; each question contains one statement (uddesa) and one exposition (veyyakarana), and so on, up to ten, which consists of ten subjects (dasa akusalakammapatha) put in one group (A.v.48ff). It is probably this sutta which is referred to as the Mahapanha in the Anguttara Nikaya. A.v.54.
2. Mahapanha SuttaA number of lay devotees of Kajangala visit the Kajangala bhikkhuni (q.v.) and ask her to explain in detail the Mahapanha as stated by the Buddha. She answers that she has heard neither the explanation of the Buddha nor that of the arahants, but she will explain them according to her own lights, and proceeds to do so. The devotees report her explanation to the Buddha, who praises her wisdom and declares that his own explanation would have been identical. A.v.54ff.
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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