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Linked Discourses · SN 29.5

  • Linked Discourses 29.5Saṁyutta Nikāya 29.5
  • 1. Dragons1. Nāgavagga

Sabbath (3rd)Tatiyauposathasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why some moisture-born dragons keep the sabbath, having transformed their bodies?”“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo, yena m’idhekacce saṁsedajā nāgā uposathaṁ upavasanti vossaṭṭhakāyā ca bhavantī”ti?

(Tell all in full.)(Sabbaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ.)

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. SN 29.4 Sabbath (2nd) 0.92near 0.1Linked Discourses 29.4 1. Dragons Sabbath (2nd) At Sāvatthī. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him, “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why some womb-born dragons keep the sabbath, having transfo…
  2. SN 29.3 Sabbath 0.78near 0.1Linked Discourses 29.3 1. Dragons Sabbath At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir,…
  3. SN 29.6 Sabbath (4th) 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 29.6 1. Dragons Sabbath (4th) At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why some spontaneously-born dragons keep the sabbath, having…
  4. SN 29.9 They’ve Heard (3rd) 0.65near 0.1Linked Discourses 29.9 1. Dragons They’ve Heard (3rd) At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, i…
  5. SN 29.8 They’ve Heard (2nd) 0.62near 0.1Linked Discourses 29.8 1. Dragons They’ve Heard (2nd) At Sāvatthī. Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha: “Sir, what is the cause, what is the reason why someone, when their body breaks up, after death, i…