Cakkavatti Sihanada Sutta

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Cakkavatti Sihanada Sutta is the 26th Sutta of the Digha Nikaya collection (Pāli version, English translation). The sutta describes the story of humanity's begining and gradual decline from a golden age in the past, with a prophecy of its eventual return.

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