Sangarava Sutta, Saṅgārava-sutta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Sangarava Sutta. The 100th Sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya. It contains an account of the discussion between the Buddha and Sangarava brahmana of Candalakappa. See Sangarava. M.ii.209ff.
2. Sangarava Sutta. An account of the visit of the Buddha and Ananda to Sangarava brahmana of Savatthi. Sangarava explains to the Buddha that he washes away his faults by bathing morning and evening. The Buddha says that the only true purification is through the Dhamma. S.i.182f.
3. Sangarava Sutta. The Buddha explains to Sangarava that mantras learnt at a time when the heart is possessed by sensual lust, malevolence, sloth and torpor, excitement and flurry, doubt and wavering, are easily forgotten; as is the case of a man who tries to see his reflection in a bowl of water, either mixed with some dye, or heated on the fire, or overspread with mossy grass, or ruffled by the wind, or muddied and set in the dark. The cultivation of the seven bojjhanga will remove these disadvantages. S.v.121ff.; cf. No. 5 below.
4. Sangarava Sutta. Sangarava visits the Buddha and states that a brahmin is of more use than a Paribbajaka because he not only performs sacrifices himself, but makes others do likewise. The Buddha says that the appearance of a Tathagata in the world is of benefit to many beings. Ananda asks Sangarava which of the two practices appears to him the simpler and of greater profit. Sangarava evades a straight answer, even though asked three times. The Buddha then tells him of the marvels of iddhi, adesana and anusasana possessed by monks, and describes them in detail. Sangarava admits that the adesana patihariya appeals moist to him. The Buddha tells him that numerous monks in the Order possess all three marvels. A.i.168ff.
5. Sangarava Sutta. Sangarava visits the Buddha and questions him on the power of remembering mantras. Same as No. 3 above. A.iii.230f.
6. Sangarava Sutta. The Buddha tells Sangarava, in answer to a question, that wrong view, wrong thinking, speech, action, living, effort, mindfulness, concentration, knowledge and release, are the hither shore and their opposites the further shore. A.v.232f.
7. Sangarava Sutta. The Buddha tells Sangarava that taking life, theft, wrong sexual conduct, falsehood, spiteful and bitter speech, idle babble, coveting, harmfulness, wrong view, are the hither shore and abstention from these is the further shore. A.v.252f.
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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