[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) › 20.1-10 # Mahanidanasutta 20.1-10 Mahānidānasutta 20.1-10 - **Language:** Pāli ### [20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.1) ‘Nāmarūpapaccayā phasso’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā nāmarūpapaccayā phasso. > ‘Name and form are requirements for contact’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.2) Yehi, ānanda, ākārehi yehi liṅgehi yehi nimittehi yehi uddesehi nāmakāyassa paññatti hoti, tesu ākāresu tesu liṅgesu tesu nimittesu tesu uddesesu asati api nu kho rūpakāye adhivacanasamphasso paññāyethā”ti? > Suppose there were none of the features, attributes, signs, and details by which the set of mental phenomena known as name is found. Would labeling contact still be found in the set of physical phenomena?” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.3) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.4) “Yehi, ānanda, ākārehi yehi liṅgehi yehi nimittehi yehi uddesehi rūpakāyassa paññatti hoti, tesu ākāresu …pe… tesu uddesesu asati api nu kho nāmakāye paṭighasamphasso paññāyethā”ti? > “Suppose there were none of the features, attributes, signs, and details by which the set of physical phenomena known as form is found. Would impingement contact still be found in the set of mental phenomena?” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.5) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.6) “Yehi, ānanda, ākārehi …pe… yehi uddesehi nāmakāyassa ca rūpakāyassa ca paññatti hoti, tesu ākāresu …pe… tesu uddesesu asati api nu kho adhivacanasamphasso vā paṭighasamphasso vā paññāyethā”ti? > “Suppose there were none of the features, attributes, signs, and details by which the set of phenomena known as name and the set of phenomena known as form are found. Would either labeling contact or impingement contact still be found?” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.7) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.8) “Yehi, ānanda, ākārehi …pe… yehi uddesehi nāmarūpassa paññatti hoti, tesu ākāresu …pe… tesu uddesesu asati api nu kho phasso paññāyethā”ti? > “Suppose there were none of the features, attributes, signs, and details by which name and form are found. Would contact still be found?” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.9) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.10) “Tasmātihānanda, eseva hetu etaṃ nidānaṃ esa samudayo esa paccayo phassassa, yadidaṃ nāmarūpaṃ. > “That’s why this is the cause, source, origin, and reason of contact, namely name and form. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.20.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.20.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.20.1) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.20.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.15.114) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.97.55) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.47) — Classical Chinese - [人本欲生經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.34) — Classical Chinese - [大生義經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-danapala.1.10) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.1-10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.20.1-10) · Pramāṇa