Ambattha Sutta

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The Ambattha Sutta is a discourse found within the Sutta Pitaka, a collection of Buddhist texts attributed to the Buddha himself. Specifically, it is part of the Digha Nikaya, or "Long Collection," within the Sutta Pitaka. This particular sutta denounces caste principles and the claims of Brahmins. The Sutta Pitaka is the foundational doctrinal section of the Buddhist canon, particularly for the Theravada school of Buddhism. The Suttanipata, another early Buddhist text, also quotes the Ambattha Sutta and emphasizes a simple life of faith, moral enterprise, and ethical rules, rather than ritual or philosophical speculation.12

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Sutta Pitaka
The Ambattha Sutta (“Discourse of Ambattha”) denounces the principles of caste and the pretensions of Brahmins. The Mahanidana Sutta (“Discourse on the Great Origin”) gives the fullest canonical treatment of the doctrine of dependent origination, or the chain of causation. The famous Mahaparinibbana Sutta (“Discourse on…
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The Ambattha Sutta (“Discourse of Ambattha”) denounces the principles of caste and the pretensions of Brahmins. The Mahanidana Sutta (“Discourse on the Great Origin”) gives the fullest canonical treatment of the doctrine of dependent origination, or the chain of causation. The famous Mahaparinibbana Sutta (“Discourse on…
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