Maha Assapura Sutta, Mahā-assapura-sutta: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesPreached at Assapura, in the Anga country.
Since monks are called recluses (samana) they must train themselves to be true samanas and brahmanas; they should be
conscientious and scrupulous, pure in deed, word and thought, guarding the portals of the senses, moderate in eating, ever vigilant, mindful and self possessed, striving to put off the five nivarana and cultivating the jhana.Such an almsman can truly be called a samana, a brahmin, a nahataka, vedagu, sotthiya, ariya, and arahant. He is an ideal recluse. M.i.271-80.
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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Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part IV - Mahayamaka Vagga < [(a) Mulapannasa Pali]
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.5(c). Majjhima Nikāya (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]