MahÄnidÄna Sutta
The fifteenth Sutta of the DÄ«gha NikÄya, taught Ä€nanda at KammÄssadamma in the Kuru country. Ä€nanda says that the doctrine of events as arising from causes is quite clear to him; that it only appears deep. “Say not so,†warns the Buddha, and proceeds to give a detailed exposition of the Doctrine of Dependent Origination (paá¹iccasamuppÄda), explaining how each link in the chain of saṃsÄra is both the effect of one factor and the cause of another. The Sutta also discusses the idea of “soul,†the seven resting places of cognition (viññÄṇaá¹á¹hiti), the two spheres (Äyatana), and the eight kinds of deliverance (vimokkha). D.ii.55-71; Thomas: cp. Cit.,197.
KhemÄ had heard the MahÄnidÄna Sutta in the time of Kassapa Buddha (Ap.ii.546, vs.34). On hearing it again, taught by Gotama, she revived her memory and became an Arahant. Apii.549, vs.72.
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