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  • A discourse in which Vaṅgīsa sings the praises of Mahā-Moggallāna before the Buddha and an assembly of five hundred Arahants.

  • An alternative name for the Pasādakampana Sutta.

  • A discourse in which Vacchagotta questions Mahā-Moggallāna on whether the world is eternal or finite, is told the Buddha does not address such questions, and then puts the same questions to the Buddha, receiving the identical answer and explanation.

SN 44.7
  • A discourse in which the Buddha holds up Mahā-Moggallāna as an example of a monk who, through cultivating the four bases of psychic success, gained supernormal power and majesty.

SN 51.31
  • A discourse in which Mahā-Moggallāna, wondering how many devas have become Stream-enterers assured of nibbāna, visits the deity Tissa Brahmā, a former monk, who explains that only devas with faith in the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Saṅgha have such assurance.

AN 6.34

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