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# Pannasutta 5.1

Paññāsutta 5.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.8.2.5.1)

Bahussuto hoti sutadharo sutasannicayo. Ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pariyosānakalyāṇā sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ abhivadanti, tathārūpāssa dhammā bahussutā honti dhātā vacasā paricitā manasānupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā.

> They’re very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, rehearsing them, mentally scrutinizing them, and penetrating them theoretically.  
> — Wisdom

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## Translations (2)

- [Wisdom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.8.2~en-sujato.5.1) — English
- [Weisheit](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.8.2~de-sabbamitta.5.1) — German

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