Moliyasivaka, Moliyasīvaka: 1 definition
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Moliyasivaka 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 NamesA Paribbajaka. He once visited the Buddha at Veluvana and questioned him regarding predestination. The Buddha explains to him that suffering arises from various causes -
bile, phlegm, wind, bodily humour, change of season, stress of untoward happenings, sudden attacks from without and also from ones kammaand to say that these are all predestined is to go too far. Sivaka expresses his approval and declares himself the Buddhas follower (S.iv.230f.; this Sutta is quoted at Mil. 137). Another conversation he had with the Buddha is recorded in the Anguttara Nikaya (A.iii.356). There he asks the Buddha if the claims made with regard to the Dhamma are justified. The Buddha proves to him, by illustration, that they are.
Buddhaghosa explains (SA.iii.87) that the Paribbajakas name was Sivaka, his sobriquet being due to his having worn his hair in a topknot.
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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