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Brahmāyu Sutta

Sutta

A discourse recounting the conversion of the brahmin Brahmāyu, containing a description of the Buddha’s thirty-two marks of a Great Man along with details of his conduct in daily life, offered as an example of how the term ‘Dhamma-eye’ can denote the three paths leading to Non-returning.

Records the story of the conversion of Brahmāyu (q.v.)

The Sutta contains a description of the thirty-two marks of the Great Man (Mahāpurisa) (Cp. Lakkhaṇa Sutta) and also particulars of the Buddha’s conduct in various circumstances — such as walking, eating, meditating, teaching, etc. That is an example of a sutta in which the word "dhammacakkhu" means the three Paths leading to the fruition of a Non-returner (anāgāmiphala). MA.ii.617.

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