Potaliya Sutta: 1 definition

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Potaliya 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)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Potaliya Sutta

A discussion between the householder Potaliya and the Buddha as to what constitutes true retirement from household life. The Buddha shows, by means of various similes, that the pleasures; of the senses are unsatisfying and dangerous, and should be avoided. Such renunciation brings higher knowledge. M.i.359 ff.

2. Potaliya Sutta

The Buddha tells the Paribbajaka Potaliya, who visits him, of four kinds of persons found in the world: those who praise and dispraise rightly and seasonably, and those who praise and dispraise wrongly and unseasonably. A.ii.100ff.

context information

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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