Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1205
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1205
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1. **Upāli Sutta.**—Records the events that lead to the conversation of Upāli-Gahapati (*q.v.*). The Buddha is asked, first by Dīgha-Tapassī and then by Upāli, as to which of the three kinds of deeds—of body, speech and mind—are the most criminal. Those of mind, says the Buddha; those of body, say the followers of Nātaputta. By various illustrations the Buddha convinces Upāli that his contentions are wrong. The sutta concludes with a series of verses (the Upāli Gāthā) in which Upāli sings the Buddha’s praises.¹