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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA Paribbajaka, nephew (sisters son) of Sariputta.
He visited the Buddha at Sukarakhatalena and the Buddha preached to him the Dighanakha Sutta, at the end of which he became a sotapanna.
In the sutta he is addressed as Aggivessana (M.i.497f; ThagA.ii.95; DhA.i.79).
He was originally an Annihilationist (MA.ii.477). Perhaps he is the heretic brahmin, nephew of Sariputta, who was admonished by Moggallana because he expressed great repugnance at the sight of Kassapa. Thag.1108ff; ThagA.ii.180.
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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Starts with: Dighanakha Sutta.
Full-text: Vedanapariggaha Sutta, Dighanakha Sutta, Aggivessana, Sukarakhatalena, Koshthila, Shariputra.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
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The Life of Sariputta (by Nyanaponika Thera)