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Ambalatthika-rahulovada-sutta, Ambalatthikarahulovadasutta, Ambalatthika-rāhulovāda-sutta, Ambalaṭṭhikarāhulovādasutta, Ambalatthikarahulovada-sutta: 3 definitions

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Ambalatthika-rahulovada-sutta means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ambalatthika-rahulovada-sutta in Theravada glossary
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Preached by the Buddha at Ambalatthika (near Veluvana) to Rahula. It deals with falsehood. Like a minute drop of water is the recluse ship of those who shrink not from deliberate lying, it is thrown away, upset; it is empty and void. There is nothing evil they will not do, they run every risk, like an elephant who guards not his trunk. One should practise constant reflection, thereby abandoning all things conducive to woe, either to oneself or to others, and develop self control and purity (M.i.414-20). Rahula was evidently yet very young at the time of this sermon, for we find the Buddha making use of frequent similes, and pointing them out to him. According to the Cy., he was at the time only 7 years old (MA. ii. 636).

The Commentary says that it was preached because very young novices might be tempted to say things both proper and improper; they were likely to imagine things. This sutta is to warn Rahula against the use of lies (MA.ii.635f.; AA.i.145; ii.547).

The Ambalatthika Rahulovada Sutta is among the portions of scripture mentioned in the Bhabra Edict of Asoka as being essentially worthy of study by all monks (See Mookerji: Asoka, p.119) (v.l. Ambalatthiya).

context information

Theravāda 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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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Ambalatthika-rahulovada-sutta in Pali glossary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

ambalaṭṭhikarāhulovādasutta (အမ္ဗလဋ္ဌိကရာဟုလောဝါဒသုတ္�) [(na) (�)]�
ڲṭṭ󾱰첹ܱDZ岹+ܳٳٲ
အęĹėĜċĹČĭĶရĬȶįĜıĬǶī�+သįĐĹĐ]

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

ṭṭ󾱰첹ܱDZ岹ܳٳٲ�

(Burmese text): အမ္ဗလဋ္ဌိကရာဟုလောဝါ�-ကြည့်။

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context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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