Early Buddhism

In the Middle

Majjhesutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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Several senior mendicants discuss the “Questions of Metteyya” from the Pārāyana (Snp 5.3). Each propose an interpretation, and they then ask the Buddha. He praises each reading, but gives his own intended meaning.

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