Yavakalapiya Sutta: 1 definition
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Yavakalapiya Sutta means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesIf six men, armed with flails, were to beat out a sheaf of corn, it would be thoroughly threshed. Thus are putthujjanas threshed by objects, etc.; thoughts of a future birth thresh them even more thoroughly.
Once Vepacitti and the Asuras were defeated by Sakka and the Devas and Vepacitti was bound hand and foot. But when Vepacitti thought that the Devas were righteous, his bonds slackened. Subtle were the bonds of Vepacitti, but more subtle are those of Mara. He who possesses conceits of tanha ditthi mana is Maras bondsman. S.iv.201ff.
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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Partial matches: Yavakalapiya, Sutta.
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