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| − | | 1. The Great Legend | + | | 1. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_1.html The Great Legend] |
| [https://suttacentral.net/dn14 DN 14], [https://suttacentral.net/sn12.65 SN 12.65], EA 48.4, T 2, T 3, T 4 | | [https://suttacentral.net/dn14 DN 14], [https://suttacentral.net/sn12.65 SN 12.65], EA 48.4, T 2, T 3, T 4 | ||
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| [[DĀ 2]] | | [[DĀ 2]] | ||
| T1.2 | | T1.2 | ||
| − | | 2. The | + | | 2. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_2.html The Final Journey] |
| [https://suttacentral.net/dn16 DN 16], [https://suttacentral.net/dn17 DN 17], [https://suttacentral.net/sn47.9 SN 47.9], [https://suttacentral.net/an4.100 AN 4.180], [https://suttacentral.net/snp1.5 Snp 1.5], Skt Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra,<br/> MA 68, EA 28.5, T 5, T 6, T 7, T 1451 | | [https://suttacentral.net/dn16 DN 16], [https://suttacentral.net/dn17 DN 17], [https://suttacentral.net/sn47.9 SN 47.9], [https://suttacentral.net/an4.100 AN 4.180], [https://suttacentral.net/snp1.5 Snp 1.5], Skt Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra,<br/> MA 68, EA 28.5, T 5, T 6, T 7, T 1451 | ||
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| − | | 7. | + | | 7. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_7.html Padāśva] |
| [https://suttacentral.net/dn23 DN 23], MA 71, T 45 | | [https://suttacentral.net/dn23 DN 23], MA 71, T 45 | ||
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| − | | 10. Increasing to Ten | + | | 10. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_10.html Increasing to Ten] |
| [https://suttacentral.net/dn34 DN 34], [https://suttacentral.net/dn33 DN 33], [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_11.html DA 11], DA 9, T12, T 13 | | [https://suttacentral.net/dn34 DN 34], [https://suttacentral.net/dn33 DN 33], [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_11.html DA 11], DA 9, T12, T 13 | ||
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| − | | 13. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_13.html The Great | + | | 13. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_13.html The Great Method of Conditionality] |
| [https://suttacentral.net/dn15 DN 15], T14, MA 97, T 52 | | [https://suttacentral.net/dn15 DN 15], T14, MA 97, T 52 | ||
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| − | | 19. The Great Congregation | + | | 19. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_19.html The Great Congregation] |
| [https://suttacentral.net/dn20 DN 20], [https://suttacentral.net/sn1.37 SN 1.37], T 19, T 99.1192, T 100.105 | | [https://suttacentral.net/dn20 DN 20], [https://suttacentral.net/sn1.37 SN 1.37], T 19, T 99.1192, T 100.105 | ||
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| − | | [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_22.html | + | | 22. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_22.html Śroṇatāṇḍya] |
| [https://suttacentral.net/dn4 DN 4], [https://suttacentral.net/mn36 MN 36] | | [https://suttacentral.net/dn4 DN 4], [https://suttacentral.net/mn36 MN 36] | ||
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| T1.23 | | T1.23 | ||
| − | | 23. [ | + | | 23. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_23.html Kūṭatāṇḍya] |
| [https://suttacentral.net/dn5 DN 5] | | [https://suttacentral.net/dn5 DN 5] | ||
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| − | | 30. A Description of the World | + | | 30. [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/01_agama/dirgha/DA_30-1.html A Description of the World] |
| T 23, T 24, T 25 | | T 23, T 24, T 25 | ||
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Revision as of 01:04, 24 February 2023
[intro TK]
Indications of Sectarian Affiliation
It has been well documented through comparative study of parallels texts with known sectarian provenances that the Long Discourses was part of the Dharmaguptaka canon.
Gifts Made to the Buddha
One example argument made by Bareau[1] relied on a comparison of a passage from the Mahaparinirvana Sutra (DA 2) which depicts the laywoman Ambapali giving her Mango Grove to the Buddha. This episode carried an important doctrinal significance for three early sects of Buddhism: The Mahisasaka, Dharmaguptaka, and Theravada. This doctrinal divergence is one piece of evidence that all three canons are related, with the Dharmaguptaka and Theravada canons being descendants of the Mahisasaka line of transmission.
The doctrinal issue was whether gifts to the Buddha were the same as gifts given to the sangha as a whole and whether any merit was gained from them. The Dharmaguptaka position was quite distinct and perhaps extreme compared to the other two canons. They believed the Buddha was not a part of the sangha he created and that any gifts given to him were the same as gifts placed in stupas or cetiyas dedicated to his relics. They could not be used by any other sentient beings and therefore would yield no merit to the donor. On the other hand, a donor would gain merit for gifts given to the sangha. Therefore, in the passage in DA 2, we find that the Buddha carefully instructs Ambapali to direct her gift to the sangha at large rather than to the Buddha. She then does so, saying the words that the Buddha suggests to her. This procedure, Bareau notes, is replicated in the case of Bimbisara donating the Bamboo Grove to the Buddha. Again, the Buddha tells Bimbisara to instead direct his gift to the sangha. Both of these episodes are found in the Chinese translation of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya.
Table of Contents and Parallels
Below is a (work-in-progress) list of all the sutras contained in the Dirgha Agama.
Parallels listed in () are either only similar or they share templates with the subject but don't appear to be direct parallels.
