[dic] sāsana (sasana)

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ATI Glossary

➥ sāsana: Literally, “message.” The dispensation, doctrine, and legacy of the Buddha; the Buddhist religion (see Dhamma-vinaya).

Buddhist Dictionary

by late Ven. Nyanalokita Thera:

➥ sāsana (lit. 'message'): the Dispensation of the Buddha, the Buddhist religion; teaching, doctrine.

Navaṅga-buddha (or satthu)-sāsana, the ninefold Dispensation of the Buddha (or the Master) consists of Suttas (Sutta), mixed prose (geyya), exegesis (veyyākaraṇa), verses (gāthā), solemn utterances (udāna), sayings of the Blessed One (itivuttaka), birth stories (jātaka), extraordinary things (abbhutadhamma), and analysis (vedalla). This classification is often found in the Suttas (e.g. MN 22). According to the commentaries, also the Vinaya and the Abhidhamma Piṭaka are comprised in that ninefold division (see Aṭṭhasālinī Translation, I, 33). It is a classification according to literary styles, and not according to given texts or books.

PTS Dictionary

by the Pali Text Society:

Glossary Thanissaro

by Ven. Thanissaro Maha Thera:

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Illustrated Glossary of Pāli Terms

by Ven. Varado Maha Thera:

➥ sāsana:

Renderings

for sāsana:
- training system
- call, advice, explanation, or teaching (=//anusāsana//, in verse)

Introduction

Sāsana in verse: teaching

In verse sāsana is sometimes used as an abbreviation for anusāsana, and so means call, advice, explanation, or teaching. This can be seen in the following quote where sāsanaṁ is equivalent to vacanaṁ, and is also linked to anusāsanī:

• Having heard Paṭācārā’s words and advice… ‘We have done your bidding.’

Tassā tā vacanaṁ sutvā paṭācārāya sāsanaṁ… katā te anusāsanī. (Thi 119-121)

Illustrations

sāsanaṁ

➥ sāsanaṁ: (main article see: sāsana)

Illustration: sāsanaṁ, call (= anusāsanaṁ)

‘Bhikkhus, watch the approaching host of devas.’

Devakāyā abhikkantā te vijānātha bhikkhavo

Hearing the Buddha’s call, the bhikkhus vigorously endeavoured to comply.

Te ca ātappamakaruṁ sutvā buddhassa sāsanaṁ. (DN ii 256)

Illustration: sāsanaṁ, advice (= anusāsanaṁ)

It is well, Blessed One, that, having received your advice, I can thus know who should consume an offering from one like me, and whom I should seek at the time of alms bestowal.

Sādhāhaṁ bhagavā tathā vijaññaṁ yo dakkhiṇaṁ bhuñjeyya mādisassa
Yaṁ yaññakāle pariyesamāno pappuyya tava sāsanaṁ. (Snp 482)

COMMENT:

Commentary: Tava sāsanan ti tava ovādaṁ

Illustration: sāsanaṁ, explanation (=anusāsanaṁ)

Tell us of the distress, dear sir, that befalls one who is applied to sexual intercourse. Having heard your explanation we will train ourselves in seclusion [from sensuous pleasures and spiritually unwholesome factors].

Methunamanuyuttassa vighātaṁ brūhi mārisa
Sutvāna tava sāsanaṁ viveke sikkhissāmase. (Snp 814)

COMMENT:

Commentary: Sutvāna tava sāsanan ti tava vacanaṁ sutvā.

sāsanā

➥ sāsanā: (main article see: sāsana)

Illustration: sāsanā, teachings (= anusāsanā)

Those before Gotama who explained teachings, saying how things were and how they would be, all that was a matter of hearsay.

Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu huraṁ gotamasāsanā
Iccāsi iti bhavissati sabbaṁ taṁ itihītihaṁ. (Snp 1084)

Illustration: sāsanaṁ, teaching (=anusāsanaṁ)

The fool listens to the teaching of the Conqueror with a critical attitude.

Upārambhacitto dummedho suṇāti jinasāsanaṁ. (Tha 360)