Dabba’s Self-cremation in the Samyukta-agama

Authors

  • Bhikkhu Analayo Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg; Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v29i2.153-174

Keywords:

Saṃyukta-āgama, self-cremation, suicide, Arahant, Dabba, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra

Abstract

The present article studies the self-cremation of Dabba Mallaputta, based on a translation of the Samyukta-agama parallel to two discourses in the Udana that record this event.

Author Biography

  • Bhikkhu Analayo, Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg; Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan
    Bhikkhu Analayo is associate Professor, Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg and researcher, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan.

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Analayo, B. (2013). Dabba’s Self-cremation in the Samyukta-agama. Buddhist Studies Review, 29(2), 153–174. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v29i2.153-174