Sevitabba Asevitabba Sutta: 1 definition

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

The one hundred and fourteenth sutta of the Majjhima Nikaya, preached to the monks at Jetavana regarding the twofold behaviour in act, speech, and thought that which should be followed and that which should not. Sariputta, who is present, asks the Buddha at the end of the discourse several questions, in order that certain statements made by the Buddha should be clearer to his hearers. M.iii.45f.

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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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