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From the above word order in verse, it is suggested in this manual that

technique and how to compose has more to learn. Only the example given is

purposed to show how the word order is formed in writing up this Sutta.

Essence of Dhamma Existed in Mahāpadānasutta

It happens that among the 45 Books of Tipiṭaka, Suttantapiṭaka, Dīghanikāya

Mahāvagga where Mahāpadānasutta exists, is one of the most popular and well
known editions among Buddhists. This is because of the interesting stories in all 10

Suttas including Mahāpadānasutta. The 10 Suttas cover phenomena and disquisition

of the Buddha involving the 3 Great Deceasation, as well as stories telling about the

related happenings. So, Dīghanikāya Mahāvagga knowledge and content have been

transferred to Buddhists who have applied the existing Dhamma to their daily life,
practice and livelihood performance widely. In one of the 10 Suttas,

“Mahānidānasutta” for example, Buddhists have applied the Dhamma on

“Paṭiccasamuppāda” (the Law of Causation” to answer their harmonious way of life.
Another Sutta “Mahāparinibbānasutta” is the collection of the Buddha disquisition

before the Great Deceasation. The learners will find this is the longest Sutta of the

Book. Even the Sutta called “Mahāsatipaṭṭnāsutta” that is the one explaining on the

Great Foundation of Mindfulness, is well known among Buddhists. In this Sutta, the

Dhamma that is very well understood and recalled by all Buddhists is the one
concerning the path way the Buddha explained to be practiced for peaceful life. This

is to settle mindfulness and comprehension in mind by considering four folds of

practice: body, emotion, mind, and dhamma. These four folds of practice will lead to
suffering eradication.

The essence of Dhamma existed in Mahāpadānasutta, Section 1, as

mentioned before, is related to the 4 Buddhas’ biography told by the Buddha. In

detail, the Buddha explained that all the 7 Buddhas lid the same pattern of life. The

Vipassī Buddha’s biography was the example of how all the Buddhas ran their lives.
Besides, the Buddha had explained the brief biography of the other Buddhas as well,

i.e., explaining on the age of all Buddhas as cited below:

“Vipassī Buddha lived about 80,000 years. Sikhī Buddha lived about 70,000
years. Vessabhū Buddha lived about 60,000 years, while Kakusaṅdha Buddha lived