[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Mahanidanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15) › 1.1-8 # Mahanidanasutta 1.1-8 Mahānidānasutta 1.1-8 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.1) Evaṃ me sutaṃ— > So I have heard. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.2) ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kurūsu viharati kammāsadhammaṃ nāma kurūnaṃ nigamo. > At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kurus, near the Kuru town named Kammāsadamma. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.3) Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: > Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.4) “acchariyaṃ, bhante, abbhutaṃ, bhante. > “It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing, > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.5) Yāva gambhīro cāyaṃ, bhante, paṭiccasamuppādo gambhīrāvabhāso ca, atha ca pana me uttānakuttānako viya khāyatī”ti. > in that this dependent origination is deep and appears deep, yet to me it seems as plain as can be.” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.6) “Mā hevaṃ, ānanda, avaca, mā hevaṃ, ānanda, avaca. > “Don’t say that, Ānanda, don’t say that! > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.7) Gambhīro cāyaṃ, ānanda, paṭiccasamuppādo gambhīrāvabhāso ca. > This dependent origination is deep and appears deep. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.8) Etassa, ānanda, dhammassa ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamayaṃ pajā tantākulakajātā kulagaṇṭhikajātā muñjapabbajabhūtā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ saṃsāraṃ nātivattati. > It is because of not understanding and not penetrating this teaching that this population has become tangled like string, knotted like a ball of thread, and matted like rushes and reeds, and it doesn’t escape the places of loss, the bad places, the underworld, transmigration. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.1.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.1.1) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.15.95) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (5) - [Nidānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.12.60.1.1) — Pāli - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.97.6) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.2) — Classical Chinese - [人本欲生經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.2) — Classical Chinese - [大生義經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-danapala.1.2) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.1-8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.1.1-8) · Pramāṇa