Buddham Dhammam

Paṭhamaisidattasutta

SN 41.2

Isidatta (1st)

Citta the householder invites some mendicants to his home for a meal. He asks them about the diversity of the elements, but only the junior monk, Isidatta, is able to answer.

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Dutiyaisidattasutta

SN 41.3

With Isidatta (2nd)

Citta the householder invites some mendicants to his home for a meal. He asks them what is the cause of the ten metaphysical questions and the 62 views of the Brahmajāla Sutta, but only the junior monk, Isidatta, is able to...

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Mahakapāṭihāriyasutta

SN 41.4

Mahaka’s Demonstration

Citta the householder invites some mendicants to his home for a meal. When they left he followed them, and witnessed the junior monk Venerable Mahaka performing a psychic feat. Citta approached Mahaka in his hut and asked him to...

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Paṭhamakāmabhūsutta

SN 41.5

With Kāmabhū (1st)

Venerable Kāmabhū asks Citta to explain an enigmatic verse on a “one-spoked chariot”. After a brief consideration, Citta is able to explain it in detail.

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Dutiyakāmabhūsutta

SN 41.6

With Kāmabhū (2nd)

Citta asks Kāmabhū about the different kinds of processes (<i lang='pi' translate='no'>saṅkhāra</i>) in a series of questions that lead to the most profound of meditation experiences.

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Godattasutta

SN 41.7

With Godatta

Venerable Godatta asks Citta whether the liberations of measurelessness, nothingness, emptiness, and signlessness are different states, or just different words for the same thing. Citta explains that they are both: they are terms...

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Nigaṇṭhanāṭaputtasutta

SN 41.8

The Jain Ascetic of the Ñātika Clan

The Jain leader Mahāvīra, known as Nigaṇṭha Nātaputa in the Buddhist tradition, is visited by Citta. Mahāvīra asks him whether he believes in a certain state of immersion. When Citta replies that he doesn’t go by faith in the...

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Acelakassapasutta

SN 41.9

With Kassapa, the Naked Ascetic

Citta meets with the naked ascetic Kassapa, an old friend of his, and asks what gains he has realized from the spiritual life. Kassapa admits he has realized no higher attainments, whereupon Citta reveals he has realized many...

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Gilānadassanasutta

SN 41.10

Seeing the Sick

When Citta was on his deathbed, rather than receiving comfort, he gave comfort and teaching to those present.

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