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# Sihanadasutta 11.1-2

Sīhanādasutta 11.1-2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.21.11.1)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, tathāgato dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe, sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajānāti: ‘ime vata bhonto sattā kāyaduccaritena samannāgatā vacīduccaritena samannāgatā manoduccaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṃ upavādakā micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, te kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapannā; ime vā pana bhonto sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā vacīsucaritena samannāgatā manosucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṃ anupavādakā sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā, te kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannā’ti. Iti dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe, sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajānāti.

> Furthermore, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, the Realized One sees sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. He understands how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds. ‘These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’ And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, he sees sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. He understands how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.  
> — The Lion’s Roar

### [11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.21.11.2)

Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena …pe… yathākammūpage satte pajānāti, idampi, bhikkhave, tathāgatassa tathāgatabalaṃ hoti, yaṃ balaṃ āgamma tathāgato āsabhaṃ ṭhānaṃ paṭijānāti, parisāsu sīhanādaṃ nadati, brahmacakkaṃ pavatteti.

> Since he truly understands this, this is a power of the Realized One. …  
> — The Lion’s Roar

## Translations (3)

- [The Lion’s Roar](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.21~en-sujato.11.1) — English
- [Das Löwengebrüll](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.21~de-sabbamitta.11.1) — German
- [21. Liūto riaumojimas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.21~lt-piyadassi.11.1) — lt

## Linked texts (4)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.684.15) — Classical Chinese
- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.46.4.11) — Classical Chinese
- [佛說信解智力經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.adhimuktijnanabalasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.14) — Classical Chinese
- [佛說佛十力經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dasabalasutra*zh-danapala.1.12) — Classical Chinese

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