Early Buddhism

With Vāseṭṭha on the Sabbath

Vāseṭṭhasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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The Buddha teaches the layman Vāseṭṭha that when the sabbath is observed by following the eight precepts, one lives for that day like the perfected ones. Vāseṭṭha exclaims that such a practice would be widely beneficial.

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