[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) › 17.1-4 # Mahanidanasutta 17.1-4 Mahānidānasutta 17.1-4 - **Language:** Pāli ### [17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.17.1) ‘Pariyesanaṃ paṭicca lābho’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā pariyesanaṃ paṭicca lābho. > ‘Searching gives rise to gaining material things’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.17.2) Pariyesanā ca hi, ānanda, nābhavissa sabbena sabbaṃ sabbathā sabbaṃ kassaci kimhici, sabbaso pariyesanāya asati pariyesanānirodhā api nu kho lābho paññāyethā”ti? > Suppose there were totally and utterly no searching for anyone anywhere. When there’s no searching at all, with the cessation of searching, would the gaining of material things still be found?” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.17.3) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.17.4) “Tasmātihānanda, eseva hetu etaṃ nidānaṃ esa samudayo esa paccayo lābhassa, yadidaṃ pariyesanā. > “That’s why this is the cause, source, origin, and reason of gaining material things, namely searching. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.17.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.17.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.17.1) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.17.1) — German ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.97.44) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.36) — Classical Chinese - [人本欲生經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.26) — Classical Chinese - [大生義經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-danapala.1.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.17.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.17.1-4) · Pramāṇa