Reading outline · Dialogue
Sigālaka and the six directions
The Buddha meets Sigālaka revering the directions in accordance with his father’s wish.
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An inherited observance
The Buddha meets Sigālaka revering the directions in accordance with his father’s wish.
Long Discourses 31 Advice to Sigālaka So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. Now at that time the householder’s son Sigālaka rose early and left Rājagaha. With his clothes and hair all wet, he …
A social interpretation
The teaching reinterprets the directions through relationships with parents, teachers, family, friends, workers and religious practitioners.
Long Discourses 31 Advice to Sigālaka So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. Now at that time the householder’s son Sigālaka rose early and left Rājagaha. With his clothes and hair all wet, he …
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Rājagaha / RajgirSources & reading notes
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A social interpretation. Editorial summary of the cited text; narrative setting is not independent historical confirmation. Source ↗
Original scene outline
An inherited observance
The Buddha meets Sigālaka revering the directions in accordance with his father’s wish.
A social interpretation
The teaching reinterprets the directions through relationships with parents, teachers, family, friends, workers and religious practitioners.