Āmagandhasutta draft

Āmagandhasutta. The conversation between the Buddha and the Brahmin Āmagandha mentioned above (Sn.42ff). According to Buddhaghosa (Snp-a.i.280ff) this was merely a reproduction of the conversation of Kassapa Buddha with the ascetic Tissa, who later became his chief disciple.

The Sutta is particularly interesting as being one of the few passages in which sayings of the previous Buddhas are recorded. The Buddha’s view is put forward as being identical with that which had been enunciated long ago, with the intended implication that it was a self-evident proposition accepted by all the wise.