Vv 5.10 Nāga Sutta: Elephant Mansion
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I offered eight fallen flowers to the stupa…
Gregory Schopen (among others) has pondered the lack of stupa-related rules in the Theravada Vinaya and wondered if this might reflect a sectarian difference in stupa worship. This sutta from the Theravadan Vimāna Vatthu shows that they not only knew of this common practice, they celebrated it.