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# With Subha 1.8

Subhasutta 1.8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.1.8.1)

Taṃ dhammaṃ suṇāti gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā aññatarasmiṃ vā kule paccājāto.

> A householder hears that teaching, or a householder’s child, or someone reborn in a good family.  
> — With Subha

### [1.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.1.8.2)

So taṃ dhammaṃ sutvā tathāgate saddhaṃ paṭilabhati.

> They gain faith in the Realized One  
> — With Subha

### [1.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.1.8.3)

So tena saddhāpaṭilābhena samannāgato iti paṭisañcikkhati:

> and reflect:  
> — With Subha

### [1.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.1.8.4)

‘sambādho gharāvāso rajopatho, abbhokāso pabbajjā,

> ‘Life at home is cramped and dirty, life gone forth is wide open.  
> — With Subha

### [1.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.1.8.5)

nayidaṃ sukaraṃ agāraṃ ajjhāvasatā ekantaparipuṇṇaṃ ekantaparisuddhaṃ saṅkhalikhitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ.

> It’s not easy for someone living at home to lead the spiritual life utterly full and pure, like a polished shell.  
> — With Subha

### [1.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.1.8.6)

Yannūnāhaṃ kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyan’ti.

> Why don’t I shave off my hair and beard, dress in ocher robes, and go forth from the lay life to homelessness?’  
> — With Subha

## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Subhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~sr-brankokovacevic.1.8.1) — sr
- [With Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~en-sujato.1.8.1) — English
- [Mit Subha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10~de-sabbamitta.1.8.1) — German

## Linked texts (1)

- [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.41.4) — Pāli

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