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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Sarakani (Saranani). A Sakyan. When he died the Buddha declared that he was a sotapanna, bound for enlightenment. But many of the Sakyans spoke scornfully of him, saying that he had failed in the training and had taken to drink. Mahanama reported this to the Buddha, who said that Sarakani had, for a long time, taken refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha, and possessed qualities which secured him from birth in hell among the lowest animals and the peta world. S.v.375f.

1. Sarakani (Saranani) Sutta. Mahanama reports to the Buddha the rumours prevalent among the Sakyans regarding Sarakani (q.v.). The Buddha says that Sarakani had long since taken the Three Refuges, and he then goes on to describe various qualities, beginning from those which lead to the destruction of the asavas to those, such as affection for the Buddha, which prevent men from going to the Downfall. S.v.375f.

2. Sarakani Sutta. Mahanama brings to the Buddhas notice that the Sakyans are surprised at the Buddhas statement regarding the attainment of sotapatti by Sarakani. The Buddha then describes the virtues which make a man an anagami, a sakadagami or a sotapanna. The Buddhas doctrine is like a good field, well stubbed, the seeds sown therein capable of sprouting and happily planted, and the sky god supplying a constant rain. S.v.378f.

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(v.l. Saranani) Vagga. The third chapter of the sotapatti Samyutta. S.v.369-91.

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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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