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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
A Buddhist discourse containing teachings attributed to the Buddha; the Sanskrit equivalent is sutra.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 2.2 · Paper 2
Revise: Chanting in BuddhismTheravada chanting commonly involves reciting suttas, or Buddhist discourses. These can communicate guidance for daily conduct and meditation. For example, the Karaniyametta Sutta teaches the cultivation of loving kindness.
Specification 4.6 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
A Buddhist discourse or teaching preserved in scripture.
Distinguish what the suttas teach from how particular Buddhists have acted. Buddhist involvement in war does not prove that Buddhist teachings endorse it.
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The Sammaditthi Sutta, or Discourse on Right View, records the Buddha’s disciple Sariputta teaching monks about wholesome and unwholesome conduct. Understanding these actions and their roots is part of right view: seeing clearly what contributes to suffering and what helps overcome it.
