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# Mahapadanasutta 2.18.15

Mahāpadānasutta 2.18.15

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14.2.18.15)

‘upādāne kho sati bhavo hoti, upādānapaccayā bhavo’ti.

> ‘When grasping exists there’s continued existence. Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.’  
> — The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind

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## Translations (3)

- [Dugi govor o velikom podvigu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~sr-brankokovacevic.2.18.15) — sr
- [Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~de-sabbamitta.2.18.15) — German
- [The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.14~en-sujato.2.18.15) — English

## Linked texts (3)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.1.103) — Classical Chinese
- [Vipassīsutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.4.4.4) — Pāli
- [毘婆尸佛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahavadanasutra*zh-dharmadeva.1.26) — Classical Chinese

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