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  • A discourse recounting the same events concerning Selā as a corresponding Suttanipāta discourse, but in greater detail.

SN 5.9
  • A discourse telling of Māra’s unsuccessful attempt to tempt the elder nun Selā.

SN 5.9
Sela Sutta
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  • The seventh discourse of the Mahā Vagga of the Suttanipāta, recording the brahmin Sela’s visit to the Buddha, his conversion, and his attainment of arahantship, alongside the Buddha’s meeting with the ascetic Keniya.

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