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# The Long Āgama Sūtra 3.59

長阿含經 3.59

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.3.59)

「『小住大典尊，共弘善法化；  
然後俱出家，汝即為我師。  
譬如虛空中，清淨琉璃滿；  
今我清淨信，充徧佛法中。』

> “‘Wait a while, Great Govinda,  
> Share your good teaching with me.  
> Afterward, we’ll both leave home,  
> And you’ll be my teacher.  
> — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

> Just as the sky  
> Is full of pure lapis lazuli,  
> Now am I of pure faith,  
> Full of the Buddha’s teaching.’  
> — Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

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## Translations (2)

- [The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-patton.3.p119) — Charles Patton, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas~en-mt.3.59) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mahāgovindasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.19.47.1-43) — Pāli

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