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    The Dīgha Nikāya ("Collection of Long Discourses") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the first of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka...
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  • Piṭaka is broken up into five nikāyas: the Dīgha Nikāya, the collection of long (Pāḷi: dīgha) discourses the Majjhima Nikāya, the collection of middle-length...
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  • that were left out of the four Agamas/Nikayas (the Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya and Anguttara Nikaya) and thus included both early and late...
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    nikayas (collections) of suttas: Digha Nikāya (dīghanikāya), the "long" discourses. Majjhima Nikāya, the "middle-length" discourses. Saṁyutta Nikāya (saṃyutta-)...
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    Texts Sutta Piṭaka List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas Anguttara Nikaya Digha Nikaya Khuddaka Nikaya Samyutta Nikaya Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta Ānāpānasati Sutta Singh...
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    renouncing the world. Likewise, Digha Nikaya 3 has a Brahmin describe the Buddha as a shaved or bald (mundaka) man. Digha Nikaya 2 also describes how king Ajatashatru...
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    adhiṭṭhāna within the Theravadin ten perfections. In the Pali Canon, in the Dīgha Nikāya discourse entitled, "Chanting Together" (DN 33), Sariputta states that...
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  • List of Digha Nikaya suttas List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas List of Samyutta Nikaya suttas List of Anguttara Nikaya suttas List of Khuddaka Nikaya suttas...
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    According to the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta (Sutta 16 of the Dīgha Nikāya), after attaining parinirvana, the body of Buddha was cremated and the ashes divided...
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    It contains 30 sūtras in contrast to the 34 suttas of the Theravadin Dīgha Nikāya. A. K. Warder also associates the extant Ekottara Āgama (Taishō Tripiṭaka...
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    referred to it by the name of Nyagrodhavana. Buddhist texts like the Dīgha Nikāya and Buddhavaṃsa suggest that Pipphalivana was the chief town and capital...
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    (from Intro to Samyutta Nikaya) Early Buddhist Texts Digha Nikaya Khuddaka Nikaya Majjhima Nikaya Pali Canon Samyutta Nikaya Sutta Piṭaka Dīghajāṇu Sutta...
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    text up somewhat differently): Anguttara Nikaya Early Buddhist Texts Digha Nikaya Khuddaka Nikaya Majjhima Nikaya Pāli Canon Sutta Piṭaka Supaṇṇa Saṃyutta...
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  • Āṭānāṭiya Sutta (category Digha Nikaya)
    The Āṭānāṭiya Sutta is the 32nd Sutta in the Dīgha Nikāya ("Long Discourses of Buddha") of Pāli Canon. It is a poem of spiritual protection against evil...
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    Panchala Surasena Vajji Vatsa (or Vamsa) Another Buddhist text, the Digha Nikaya, mentions twelve Mahajanapadas from the above list and omits four of...
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  • Sigālovāda Sutta (category Digha Nikaya)
    Sigālovāda Sutta is the 31st Sutta described in the Digha Nikaya ("Long Discourses of Buddha"). It is also known as the Sīgāla Sutta, the Sīgālaka Sutta...
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  • List of Digha Nikaya suttas List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas List of Samyutta Nikaya suttas List of Anguttara Nikaya suttas List of Khuddaka Nikaya suttas...
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  • Satipatthana Sutta (category Majjhima Nikaya)
    (Majjhima Nikaya 10: The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), and the subsequently created Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (Dīgha Nikāya 22: The Great...
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  • Sutta Pitaka :- one each on the Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya and Anguttara Nikaya; four on Khuddaka Nikaya books; and three on the Abhidhamma...
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    the historical area of the Buddha, but they are mentioned only in the Digha Nikaya. Once received by the Bulis, the relics were stored inside a stupa. Relics...
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    and Mahanama). According to the Mahaparinibbana Sutta (Sutta 16 of the Digha Nikaya), the Buddha mentioned Sarnath as one of the four places of pilgrimage...
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    "definitions" or descriptions of "right view." The Mahasatipatthana Sutta (Digha Nikaya 22), compiled from elements from other suttas possibly as late as 20...
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  • The Dirgha Agama is one of the Buddhist Agama. It corresponds to the Digha Nikaya of the Pāli Canon. A Chinese translation of the text attributed to the...
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    Epic and Purana literature. In Buddhist Pali canonical texts such as Digha Nikaya, Tevijja Sutta describes a discussion between the Buddha and Vedic scholars...
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  • translation of the Dīgha Nikāya. Boston: Wisdom Publications. pp. 129–131. ISBN 978-0-86171-103-1. T. W. Rhys Davids. DN4: To Sonadanda, Digha Nikaya Verses 13-21...
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    Buddha's teachings. The Sutta Pitaka has five subdivisions, or nikayas: Digha Nikaya (dīghanikāya) 34 long discourses. Joy Manné argues that this book...
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    schools Pāli Canon Sutta Piṭaka Anguttara Nikāya Majjhima Nikāya Samyutta Nikaya Digha Nikaya Khuddaka Nikāya Nikaya Monier-Williams (1899), p. 129, see "Āgama...
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  • Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (category Digha Nikaya)
    The Mahāparinibbāna Sutta is Sutta 16 in the Dīgha Nikāya, a scripture belonging to the Sutta Piṭaka of Theravāda Buddhism. It concerns the end of Gautama...
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    the son of Vedic sage Atri. In Buddhist Pali canonical texts such as Digha Nikaya, Tevijja Sutta describes a discussion between the Buddha and Vedic scholars...
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    and a tilak on his forehead. In Buddhist Pali canonical texts such as Digha Nikaya, Tevijja Sutta describes a discussion between the Buddha and Vedic scholars...
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