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# Mahapadanasutta 1.3.1-6

Mahāpadānasutta 1.3.1-6

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.3.1)

“Iccheyyātha no tumhe, bhikkhave, pubbenivāsapaṭisaṃyuttaṃ dhammiṃ kathaṃ sotun”ti?

> “Would you like to hear a Dhamma talk on the subject of past lives?”  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.3.2)

“Etassa, bhagavā, kālo; etassa, sugata, kālo;

> “Now is the time, Blessed One! Now is the time, Holy One!  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.3.3)

yaṃ bhagavā pubbenivāsapaṭisaṃyuttaṃ dhammiṃ kathaṃ kareyya, bhagavato sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī”ti.

> Let the Buddha give a Dhamma talk on the subject of past lives. The mendicants will listen and remember it.”  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.3.4)

“Tena hi, bhikkhave, suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasi karotha bhāsissāmī”ti.

> “Well then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.3.5)

“Evaṃ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

> “Yes, sir,” they replied.  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

### [1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.1.3.6)

Bhagavā etadavoca:

> The Buddha said this:  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

## Translations (4)

- [Dugi govor o velikom podvigu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~sr-brankokovacevic.1.3.1) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.1.3.1) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.1.3.1) — English
- [Mahapadana Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-rhysdavids.1.3) — English

## Linked texts (4)

- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.48.4.7) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.9) — Classical Chinese
- [七佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.5) — Classical Chinese
- [七佛父母姓字經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.mahavadanasutra*zh-t4.1.4) — Classical Chinese

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