Early Buddhist iddhi accounts in the Kevaddha Sutta
- Date of account
- Early Buddhist textual tradition; preserved in the Pāli canon
- Location
- Northern South Asian Buddhist setting in the text; transmitted in Sri Lanka and elsewhere
- Source
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- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Kevaddha Sutta recounts a monk asking the Buddha to display miraculous powers. The narrative includes flying, multiplying, and other marvels, but ultimately presents the ‘miracle of instruction’ as superior to displays that could be imitated or misunderstood. This is valuable for comparing religious miracle narratives with later stage magic, psychic claims, and fraud analysis because the text itself distinguishes spectacle from transformative teaching. Its date reflects oral and textual transmission rather than a securely dated event, and the narrative should not be treated as eyewitness documentation.
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