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# Mahapadesasutta 4.4

Mahāpadesasutta 4.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.180.4.4)

ayaṃ dhammo, ayaṃ vinayo, idaṃ satthusāsanan’ti.

> this is the teaching, this is the training, this is the Teacher’s instruction.’  
> — The Four Great References

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## Translations (2)

- [The Four Great References](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.180~en-sujato.4.4) — English
- [Die vier großen Bezugspunkte](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.180~de-sabbamitta.4.4) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.28.5.6) — Classical Chinese

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