Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta)
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The Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) is a foundational discourse of the Buddha that uses the metaphor of fire to teach the impermanence and unsatisfactoriness of sensory experience and the path to liberation through dispassion.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist sutta
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Pali Canon discourse ⓘ early Buddhist text ⓘ |
| associatedPractice |
contemplation of the sense bases
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insight meditation (vipassanā) ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience | a thousand former fire-worshipping ascetics ⓘ |
| canonicalCollection | Pali Canon (Tipiṭaka) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Khandha Saṃyutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrinalPoint |
all conditioned phenomena are burning with the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion
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disenchantment (nibbidā) leads to dispassion ⓘ dispassion leads to liberation ⓘ knowledge and vision of liberation (vimuttiñāṇadassana) ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contact (phassa)
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feeling (vedanā) ⓘ sense consciousness ⓘ six external sense objects ⓘ six internal sense bases ⓘ |
| genre |
religious discourse
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sermon ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Fire Sermon
NERFINISHED
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Ādittapariyāya Sutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early period of the Buddha’s teaching career ⓘ |
| historicalSetting | delivered at Gaya Head (Gayasīsa) ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
later Buddhist teachings on sense restraint
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modern Buddhist meditation instructions on sense experience ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
direct knowledge leading to liberation
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renunciation of attachment to the senses ⓘ three fires of greed, hatred, and delusion ⓘ |
| language | Pali ⓘ |
| partOf |
Saṃyutta Nikāya
NERFINISHED
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Sutta Piṭaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Pali Tipiṭaka manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
dispassion (virāga)
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impermanence (anicca) ⓘ liberation (nibbāna) ⓘ non-self (anattā) ⓘ unsatisfactoriness (dukkha) ⓘ |
| resultForAudience | attainment of arahantship ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | canonical ⓘ |
| studiedBy | scholars of early Buddhism ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Buddhist monastic education ⓘ |
| teaches |
cessation of craving
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detachment from sensory experience ⓘ sense bases are burning with passion, aversion, and delusion ⓘ |
| tradition | Theravāda Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMetaphor | fire ⓘ |
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