Pindolya Sutta, Piṇḍolya Sutta: 1 definition
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Pindolya 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.
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe Buddha retires for his siesta to the Mahavana, near Kapilavatthu, and the thought occurs to him that he should admonish the monks and look after them tenderly as some of them had only lately joined the Order. Sahampati appears before him and confirms his intention. The Buddha thereupon goes to the Nigrodharama, makes the monks come to him in ones and twos, and talks to them. The life of a recluse is the meanest of callings to be called a scrap gatherer. It is entered on by householders solely as a means of escaping from woe. The man who leaves the world and who yet does not fulfil the life of a recluse, is like a faggot from a funeral pyre, burnt at both ends and smeared with filth. Therefore should the monks shun thoughts of lust, ill will and hurt, and practise the four satipatthanas. Thus will they obtain release. S.iii.91ff.
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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