Channasutta untranslated

Channasutta 01. Records the visit of Channa paribbājaka to Ānanda, at Sāvatthī. He asks Ānanda why the Buddha preaches the abandonment of rāga, dosa, moha; Ānanda explains and Channa goes away satisfied (AN.i.215f).

Channasutta 02. Channa Thera goes from cell to cell in the monastery at Isipatana, asking the Elders to teach him the Dhamma. Finding that their teachings do not help him in getting rid of craving, he visits Ānanda at the Ghositārāma. Ānanda praises Channa for his new-found humility, and repeats to him a sermon which he (Ānanda) had heard the Buddha preach to the monk Kacchānagotta, dealing with the paṭiccasamuppāda.

Channa expresses his delight with the exposition of Ānanda (SN.iii.132ff). The Commentary (SN­a.ii.231f) says that this account refers to Channa, the companion of the Buddha. After the infliction on him of the Brahmadaṇḍa, he was greatly affected, and wandered from place to place. In the course of these wanderings he came to Benares.

Channasutta 03. Records the incidents in connection with the suicide of Channa Thera (Channa 2). SN.iv.55f; SN­a.iii.12; cf. MN.iii.263ff.