Mahasalayatana Sutta, Mahisalayatanika Sutta, Mahisalāyatanika-sutta: 1 definition
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Mahasalayatana Sutta means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesMahasalayatana Mahasalayatana, Mahisalayatanika Sutta
The Buddha instructs the monks on the necessity of acquiring the right kind of knowledge of the sense organs, their objects, their perception, their contact and the feelings arising there from. Such knowledge enables a monk to traverse the Noble Eightfold Path to its perfected development and to the realization of transcendent knowledge, which is understanding and deliverance. M.iii.287-90.
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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