4.11 THE REALM OF NĀGAS - Dhamma Q&A (YOUTH DHAMMA SESSION)

Welcome back to the Sutta Meditation Series Podcast.

Another session to answer a question in regards to the Buddha's Gradual Instructions to Lay People on Heavenly Realms:

“Do you have any information taken from the suttas about the ‘Nāga Loka’? The question that comes to my mind is they are supposed to have a lot of faith in Buddha and Dhamma but they cannot listen to Dhamma from their world, as it’s not accessible. Is this stated in the suttas?”

In answering this question, we take the opportunity to learn a little more about the nāgas, their realm, kingdoms, attributes, powers and more. They appear many times in the suttas, and most particularly in the Jatakas. Buddha as a bodhisatta had a past births as a nāga king.

Some of the suttas that are mentioned directly or indirectly in this session:

• — Āṭānāṭiya Sutta (DN 14)
• — Mahāsamaya Sutta (DN 20)
• — Khaṇḍajātaka (Ja 203)
• — Kulāvakajātaka (Ja 31)
• — Bhūridattajātaka (Ja 543)
• — Mahākhandhaka (Mv 1.12)
• — Aggidattabrāhmaṇavatthu (Dhp 188-192)
• — Vidhurajātaka (Ja 546)
• — Ghatāsanajātaka (Ja 133)
• — Uposatha Sutta (Ud 5.5)
• — Pahārāda Sutta (AN 8.19
• — Nāgā Sutta (SN 45.151)
• — Himavanta Sutta (SN 46.1)
• — Campeyyajātaka (Ja 506)
• — Samuddakākajātaka (Ja 146)
• — Bakajātaka (Ja 405)
• — Paṇītatara Sutta (SN 29.2)
• — Saṅkhapālajātaka (Ja 524)
• — Mucalinda Sutta (Ud 2.1)
• — Erakapattanāgarājavatthu (Dhp 182)
• — Mahākhandhaka (Mv 1.49)
• — Uposatha Sutta (SN 29.3-29.6)
• — Khaṇḍa Jātaka (Ja 203)
• — Uposathakkhandhaka (Pli Tv Kd 2)

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