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    The Dīgha Nikāya ("Collection of Long Discourses") is a Buddhist scriptures collection, the first of the five Nikāyas, or collections, in the Sutta Piṭaka...
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  • Piṭaka is broken up into five nikāyas: the Dīgha Nikāya, the collection of long (Pāḷi: dīgha) discourses the Majjhima Nikāya, the collection of middle-length...
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  • that were left out of the four Agamas/Nikayas (the Digha Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya and Anguttara Nikaya) and thus included both early and late...
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    renouncing the world. Likewise, Digha Nikaya 3 has a Brahmin describe the Buddha as a shaved or bald (mundaka) man. Digha Nikaya 2 also describes how king Ajatashatru...
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    nikayas (collections) of suttas: Digha Nikāya (dīghanikāya), the "long" discourses. Majjhima Nikāya, the "middle-length" discourses. Saṁyutta Nikāya (saṃyutta-)...
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    Texts Sutta Piṭaka List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas Anguttara Nikaya Digha Nikaya Khuddaka Nikaya Samyutta Nikaya Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta Ānāpānasati Sutta Singh...
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    adhiṭṭhāna within the Theravadin ten perfections. In the Pali Canon, in the Dīgha Nikāya discourse entitled, "Chanting Together" (DN 33), Sariputta states that...
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  • List of Digha Nikaya suttas List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas List of Samyutta Nikaya suttas List of Anguttara Nikaya suttas List of Khuddaka Nikaya suttas...
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    (from Intro to Samyutta Nikaya) Early Buddhist Texts Digha Nikaya Khuddaka Nikaya Majjhima Nikaya Pali Canon Samyutta Nikaya Sutta Piṭaka Dīghajāṇu Sutta...
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    According to the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta (Sutta 16 of the Dīgha Nikāya), after attaining parinirvana, the body of Buddha was cremated and the ashes divided...
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