BRAHMĀYĀCANASUTTA
The Appeal of the Divinity
After his awakening, the Buddha hesitated to teach, thinking that the Dhamma is too subtle for people to understand. But the high divinity Brahmā Sahampati appears and encourages him to teach, pointing out that there are some with "little dust in their eyes" who will understand.
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GĀRAVASUTTA
Respect
After his awakening, the Buddha reflects that one should live with reverence; but who is he to revere, since he is fully awakened? He realizes that he should live revering the Dhamma. Brahmā Sahampati appears and agrees with him, saying that this is how all Buddhas of past and future live too.
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BRAHMADEVASUTTA
With Brahmadeva
Brahmā Sahampati appears before a woman who is a devotee of his, and tells her to offer food instead to her son, a Buddhist monk, as Brahmās don't eat the food she offers.
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BAKABRAHMASUTTA
With Baka the Divinity
Baka the Brahmā conceives the wrong view that his status is permanent and imperishable. The Buddha goes to dissuade him, and they have an exchange in verse, with the Buddha telling Baka of his past lives.
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AÑÑATARABRAHMASUTTA
A Certain Divinity
An unnamed brahmā god thinks to himself that he is so powerful no asectic can approach him. The Buddha goes straight to his realm and appears wrapped in flame above his head. Mahāmoggallāna and several other disciples follow him. The brahma and his retinue are suitably impressed.
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BRAHMALOKASUTTA
The Negligent Divinity
The brahmās Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa note that a fellow-brahmā is living in negligence, overly impressed with his own glory, so they go to shake him from his complacence.
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KOKĀLIKASUTTA
About Kokālika
The brahmās Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa come to the Buddha's hut and speak on the monk Kokālika, a follower of Devadatta.
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KATAMODAKATISSASUTTA
About Katamorakatissaka
The brahmās Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa come to the Buddha's hut and speak on the monk Katamorakatissaka, a follower of Devadatta.
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TURŪBRAHMASUTTA
With the Divinity Tudu
The brahmā Tudu tries to persuade Kokālika to have faith in Sāriputta and Moggallāna, but Kokālika wants none of it.
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KOKĀLIKASUTTA
With Kokālika
Kokālika goes to the Buddha and criticizes Sāriputta and Moggallāna. But having deliberately slandered such great monks, he dies and Brahmā Sahampati informs the Buddha he has been reborn in hell. The Buddha gives a memorable simile of the length of life in hell.