Lohicca Sutta

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The Lohicca Sutta is the 12th Buddhist discourse [1] [2] of the Digha Nikaya, one of the collections in Sutta Pitaka of Pāli Canon.

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The Sutta is a dialogue between a brahmin named Lohicca and Lord Buddha about the ethics of teaching. [3]

Name of Lohicca

The name of Lohicca only twice appears in early Pali texts: the (Sálávatiká) Lohicca Sutta (DN 12) and the (Makkarakaṭa) Lohicca Sutta (S 35.132). [4]

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References

  1. "12. Lohicca - English". metta.lk. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. "Digha Nikaya: The Long Discourses". www.accesstoinsight.org. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. Webb, Russell; Nyanatusita, Bhikkhu (2011). An Analysis of the Pali Canon and a Reference Table of Pali Literature. Buddhist Publication Society. p. 4.
  4. "(Sāla,vatikā) Lohicca Sutta" (PDF). dharmafarer.org. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)