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  • Kosambiya (Kosambaka) Sutta

Preached at the Ghositārāma in Kosambī to the quarrelsome monks of that place.

The sutta deals with amity and the six means of promoting it -

  • acts,
  • words
  • and thoughts of goodwill,
  • sharing all things with one's fellow celibates,
  • living the higher life in its entirety,
  • following the doctrine that leads to the destruction of Ill,
  • and introspection, which leads to the realisation of truth (M.i.320ff; cp. Upakkilesa Sutta M.ii.152ff).

The Kosambaka Sutta is given (E.g., in DA.i.123) as an example of a discourse originating from a quarrel.


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