Early Buddhism

Uttara on Failure

Uttaravipattisutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
Versions
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In a discourse evidently set some time after the Buddha’s passing, Venerable Uttara, staying in a distant land, teaches that a mendicant should review their own failings and those of others. Questioned by Sakka, the Lord of Gods, Uttara affirms that he learned this from the Buddha.

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