Mahapadanasutta 3.26
Mahāpadānasutta 3.26
- Language
- Pāli
3.26.1
‘Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, caratha cārikaṃ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ;
‘Wander forth, mendicants, for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.
3.26.2
mā ekena dve agamittha;
Let not two go by one road.
3.26.3
desetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṃ ādikalyāṇaṃ majjhekalyāṇaṃ pariyosānakalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevalaparipuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāsetha.
Teach the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.
3.26.4
Santi sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti,
There are beings with little dust in their eyes. They’re in decline because they haven’t heard the teaching.
3.26.5
bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro.
There will be those who understand the teaching!
3.26.6
Api ca, bhikkhave, channaṃ channaṃ vassānaṃ accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.
But when six years have passed, you must all come to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’
3.26.7
Atha kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhū yebhuyyena ekāheneva janapadacārikaṃ pakkamiṃsu.
Then most of the mendicants left to wander the country that very day.
Translations (3)
- Die große Lehrrede über hinterlassene Spuren — German
- The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind — English
- Dugi govor o velikom podvigu — sr