Early Buddhism

The Longer Discourse on the Full-Moon Night

Mahāpuṇṇamasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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On a lovely full moon night, one of the mendicants presents the Buddha with a series of questions that go to the heart of the teaching. But when he hears of the doctrine of not-self, another mendicant is unable to grasp the meaning.

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