Early Buddhism

With Mahāli

Mahālisutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
Versions
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Mahāli the Licchavi reports to the Buddha that the rival teacher Pūraṇa Kassapa asserts that there is no reason for beings to be either defiled or pure. The Buddha denies this, and goes on to explain how it happens.

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