[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) › 32.1-11 # Mahanidanasutta 32.1-11 Mahānidānasutta 32.1-11 - **Language:** Pāli ### [32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.1) Yato kho, ānanda, bhikkhu neva vedanaṃ attānaṃ samanupassati, nopi appaṭisaṃvedanaṃ attānaṃ samanupassati, nopi ‘attā me vediyati, vedanādhammo hi me attā’ti samanupassati. > When a mendicant does not regard feeling as self; does not regard self as not experiencing feeling; and does not regard it thus: ‘my self feels, for my self is liable to feel’— > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.2) So evaṃ na samanupassanto na ca kiñci loke upādiyati, > not regarding in this way, they don’t grasp at anything in the world. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.3) anupādiyaṃ na paritassati, aparitassaṃ paccattaññeva parinibbāyati, > Not grasping, they’re not anxious. Not being anxious, they personally become extinguished. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.4) ‘khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti. > They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’ > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.5) Evaṃ vimuttacittaṃ kho, ānanda, bhikkhuṃ yo evaṃ vadeyya: > It wouldn’t be appropriate to say that a mendicant whose mind is freed like this holds the following views: > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.6) ‘hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā itissa diṭṭhī’ti, tadakallaṃ. > ‘A realized one still exists after death’; > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.7) ‘Na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā itissa diṭṭhī’ti, tadakallaṃ. > ‘A realized one no longer exists after death’; > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.8) ‘Hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā itissa diṭṭhī’ti, tadakallaṃ. > ‘A realized one both still exists and no longer exists after death’; > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.9) ‘Neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṃ maraṇā itissa diṭṭhī’ti, tadakallaṃ. > ‘A realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists after death’. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.10) Taṃ kissa hetu? > Why is that? > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.11) Yāvatā, ānanda, adhivacanaṃ yāvatā adhivacanapatho, yāvatā nirutti yāvatā niruttipatho, yāvatā paññatti yāvatā paññattipatho, yāvatā paññā yāvatā paññāvacaraṃ, yāvatā vaṭṭaṃ, yāvatā vaṭṭati, tadabhiññāvimutto bhikkhu, tadabhiññāvimuttaṃ bhikkhuṃ ‘na jānāti na passati itissa diṭṭhī’ti, tadakallaṃ. > A mendicant is freed by directly knowing this: how far labeling and the scope of labeling extend; how far definition and the scope of definition extend; how far description and the scope of description extend; how far wisdom and the sphere of wisdom extend; how far the cycle of rebirths and its continuation extend. It wouldn’t be appropriate to say that a mendicant freed by directly knowing this holds the view: ‘There is no such thing as knowing and seeing.’ > — The Great Discourse on Causation ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.32.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.32.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.32.1) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.32.2) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.15.126) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.69) — Classical Chinese - [人本欲生經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.59) — Classical Chinese - [大生義經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-danapala.1.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.1-11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.32.1-11) · Pramāṇa