Sutta Name | Nikaya | Vagga | Academic | PTS | PSA Plae | Keywords | Notes |
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Cuu.lasaaropama | Majjhima | Muulapa.n.naasa, Opamma Vagga | MN.030 | M.i.198ff. | 18/558 | monkhood, aim in ordination | The reward of the higher life is not to be found in presents, esteem, good repute, a life of virtue, rapt concentration or mystic insight. Immortal deliverance alone is the prize and goal of the higher life. If a man needs the very best of wood, no other part of the tree will suffice. Pingalakoccha accepts the Buddha as his teacher. |
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