Cunda Sutta
1. Cunda Sutta.- Cunda KammÄraputta visits the Buddha in his Mango-grove in PÄvÄ and questions him as to how many classes of recluses there are in the world. Four, answers the Buddha — maggajina, maggadesaka, maggajÄ«vÄ« and maggadÅ«sÄ« — and proceeds to explain them (SN.vs.83-90; SNA.i.159ff). The circumstances in which the sutta was taught are given s.v. Cunda (1).
2. Cunda Sutta (also called MahÄ Cunda Sutta).- Taught by MahÄ Cunda at SahajÄtÄ« to the assembled monks. Some, who are zealous about the Dhamma, speak disparagingly of those who are given to jhÄna and vice versa. Sometimes it happens that those who are engaged in the Dhamma praise their fellows, and similarly with those devoted to jhÄna. None of these things are profitable. Dhamma-zealots should learn to praise those eager for jhÄna and vice versa (A.iii.355f).
3. Cunda Sutta.- MahÄ Cunda tells the monks at SahajÄtÄ« how it is possible to distinguish true statements from false when made by a monk about himself and his attainments (A.v.41ff).
4. Cunda Sutta.- Cunda Samanuddesa comes to Jetavana from NÄḷagÄmaka, where he had attended SÄriputta during his last illness, and reports his death to Ä€nanda, producing, at the same time, SÄriputta’s bowl and outer robe and the water-strainer containing his relies. Ä€nanda accompanies Cunda to the Buddha, where he breaks the news. The Buddha praises SÄriputta’s attainments and takes the opportunity of emphasising the impermanence of all things. S.v.161ff
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