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Abbhuta Sutta. The Buddha preaches the marvellous and the path leading thereto. S. iv.371. Abbhuta Dhamma. Name given to one of the nine divisions (anga) of the Dhamma (Vin.iii.8; M.i.133; A.ii.103; Pug.43; Mil.344, etc.). Buddhaghosa (DA.i.24) defines it as including all the passages treating of wonders, e.g. the four marvellous things described in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta. D.ii.145. Abbhuta Dhamma Sutta.- Three Suttas on the marvel that when a Tathāgata preaches the Dhamma, folk give up their usual predispositions and listen to it. (A.ii.131f.) Updated: 15 September 2011 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/am/abbhuta_sutta.htm |
