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List of games that Buddha would not play

This is a list of games that Gautama Buddha is reputed to have said that he would not play and that his disciples should likewise not play, because he believed them to be a 'cause for negligence'. This list dates from the 6th or 5th century BC and is the earliest known list of games.

Occurrences in the Pali Canon
The complete list is repeated several times in the Digha Nikaya as part of a passage called 'The Intermediate Section on Moral Discipline' that details ways in which the Buddha and his followers differ in their practices from brahmins and other ascetics. • Brahmajāla Sutta (DN 1) • Sāmaññaphala Sutta (DN 2) • Ambaṭṭha Sutta (DN 3) • Soṇadaṇḍa Sutta (DN 4) • Kūṭadanta Sutta (DN 5) • Mahāli Sutta (DN 6) • Jāliya Sutta (DN 7) • Mahāsīhanāda Sutta (DN 8) • Subha Sutta (DN 10) • Kevaṭṭa Sutta (DN 11) • Tevijja Sutta (DN 13) The full list also occurs twice in the Vinaya Pitaka: once in the Suttavibhanga as part of the criteria for a rule entailing suspension, and once in the Cullavaga as part of a technical discussion regarding the procedure for banishing monks from an area. An abbreviated version also occurs in at least two other sutras: the Upāli Sutta in the Anguttara Nikaya and the Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya. == See also ==
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