[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) › 26.11 # Mahanidanasutta 26.11 Mahānidānasutta 26.11 - **Language:** Pāli ### [26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.26.11) Etarahi vā so arūpiṃ anantaṃ attānaṃ na paññapento na paññapeti, tattha bhāviṃ vā so arūpiṃ anantaṃ attānaṃ na paññapento na paññapeti, ‘atathaṃ vā pana santaṃ tathattāya upakappessāmī’ti iti vā panassa na hoti. > They don’t describe the self in the present as formless and infinite; or as sure to become in some other place formless and infinite; and they don’t think: ‘Though it is not like that, I will ensure it is provided with what it needs to become like that.’ > — The Great Discourse on Causation - [Previous: 26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.26.10) - [Next: 26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.26.12) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.26) ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.26.11) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.26.11) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.26.11) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.26.11) — German ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.97.94) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.66) — Classical Chinese - [人本欲生經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.48) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.26.11) · Pramāṇa