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| - The Itivuttaka is a small book in the Khuddaka Nikaya, the fifth part in the Sutta Pitaka, the first division of the Tipitaka, the sacred scriptures of Buddhism. The name itivuttaka means ‘as was said’ and the work consists of 122 short discourses or suttas with a verse at the end of each. Unlike nearly all other discourses, these ones do not begin by mentioning where they were spoken. According to tradition they were all delivered by the Buddha in Kosambi where a servant woman named Khujjuttarà from the royal palace heard them, committed them to memory and passed them down.
- Tipitaka >> Sutta Pitaka >> Khuddaka Nikaya >> Itivuttaka The Itivuttaka, a collection of 112 short discourses, takes its name from the statement at the beginning of each of its discourses: this (iti) was said (vuttam) by the Lord Buddha. The collection as a whole is attributed to a laywoman named Khujjuttara, who worked in the palace of King Udena of Kosambi as a servant to one of his queens, Samavati. Because the Queen could not leave the palace to hear the Buddha’s discourses, Khujjuttara went in her place, memorized what the Buddha said, and then returned to the palace to teach the Queen and her 500 ladies-in-waiting. For her efforts, the Buddha cited Khujjuttara as the foremost of his laywomen disciples in terms of her learning. She was also an effective teacher: when the inner apartm
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| - The Itivuttaka is a small book in the Khuddaka Nikaya, the fifth part in the Sutta Pitaka, the first division of the Tipitaka, the sacred scriptures of Buddhism. The name itivuttaka means ‘as was said’ and the work consists of 122 short discourses or suttas with a verse at the end of each. Unlike nearly all other discourses, these ones do not begin by mentioning where they were spoken. According to tradition they were all delivered by the Buddha in Kosambi where a servant woman named Khujjuttarà from the royal palace heard them, committed them to memory and passed them down.
- Tipitaka >> Sutta Pitaka >> Khuddaka Nikaya >> Itivuttaka The Itivuttaka, a collection of 112 short discourses, takes its name from the statement at the beginning of each of its discourses: this (iti) was said (vuttam) by the Lord Buddha. The collection as a whole is attributed to a laywoman named Khujjuttara, who worked in the palace of King Udena of Kosambi as a servant to one of his queens, Samavati. Because the Queen could not leave the palace to hear the Buddha’s discourses, Khujjuttara went in her place, memorized what the Buddha said, and then returned to the palace to teach the Queen and her 500 ladies-in-waiting. For her efforts, the Buddha cited Khujjuttara as the foremost of his laywomen disciples in terms of her learning. She was also an effective teacher: when the inner apartments of the palace later burned down by another jealous queen , killing the Queen and her entourage, the Buddha commented (in Udana 7:10) that all of the women had reached at least the first stage of awakening. In Itivuttaka, Buddha teaches how to meditate correctly & achieve awakening. He dwells on some of the very subtle & sensitive aspects such as goodwill mindset, equanimity, enlightenment, nirvana , rebirth, sexual perversion vs. celibacy, angels/gods, Brahma(creator) etc. (Note : The best way to read Itivuttaka is to read directly in Pali) Some of the Important Suttas : 22. Mettasuttam (Goodwill) - Buddha was the Brahma(creator) in past life for 7 eons(kalpas, cycles of expansions & contractions of the universe) due to the merit of having a mind full of goodwill. 24. Atthipunjasuttam (Heap of Bones, Rebirth)- Every person reborns so many times in a single eon(kalpa) that his/her bones when collected, would become like a big mountain. 42. Sukkadhammasutta (sexual perversion vs. celibacy) - How humans are different from animals? By discernment, having shame & inhibition in sexual relation & having a choice to follow the higher path of celibacy. 44. Nibbanadhutusuttam - What is Nirvana? It is the decay of desires , wants & cravings. 53. Dutiyavedanasuttam (3 types of sensations)- How to Watch Sensations in Meditation? With equanimity. 82. Devasaddasuttam - When do Angels/Devas celebrate? When a person takes up the holy path, progresses & wins. 83. Pancapubbanimittasuttam - When Angels/Devas pass away from heaven, their fellow ones wish for the angel's rebirth as human, with a life full of merits so that the angel comes back to heaven. 93. Aggisuttam (Rebirth)- Fires of passion & hatred lead to rebirth among animals, demons, ghosts , hell etc. putting these off leads to salvation/Nibanna (no rebirths ). 99. Tevijjasuttam (Threefold Knowledge, Enlightenment) - The Process of Enlightenment has 3 steps, (1) Recollection of past lives, (2) Seeing by divine eyes the rebirth of other beings and (3)Directly knowing ending of desires & the arising of light within(enlightenment). 106. Sabrahmakasuttam - Mother & father are like archangels/brahma so they need to be cared & revered.
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