Nandakovada Sutta, NandakovÄda-sutta: 1 definition
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesPreached at the Rajakarama, at the Buddhas special request, by Nandaka (q.v.), to five hundred nuns led by Pajapati. The first part of the sermon is a catechism, the second is more explanatory, and contains various similes illustrating the impermanence of the senses and of sense objects. The sermon ends with the seven bojjhangas. After the sermon the nuns visit the Buddha who, seeing that their minds are not quite ripe, asks Nandaka to repeat the sermon to them the next day. Nandaka does so, and their enlightenment is assured. M.iii.270ff.; cf. J.ii.392, where it says the nuns became arahants at the conclusion of the sermon.
TheravÄda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Full-text: Rajakarama, Mahapajapati Gotami, Nandaka.
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Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part V - Vibhahga Vagga < [(c) Uparipannasa Pali]
Maha BuddhavamsaāThe Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (36): Nandaka MahÄthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Part 2 - Ordination of Women (becoming a bhikkhunÄ« ) < [Chapter 23 - The Buddhaās Fifth Vassa at Vesali]
Biography (1) MahÄpajÄpati GotamÄ« TherÄ« < [Chapter 44 - Life Histories of BhikkhunÄ« Arahats]
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.5(c). Majjhima NikÄya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by ĆÄį¹amoli Bhikkhu)
The Difference in the Noble Pathās Factors, etc. < [Chapter XXI - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way]
Letters from Nina (by Nina van Gorkom)
Buddhist Sutra literature (study) (by Gopika G)
Part 1 - Introduction to PÄli Literature < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Buddhist Literature]