[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) › 8.1-5 # Mahanidanasutta 8.1-5 Mahānidānasutta 8.1-5 - **Language:** Pāli ### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.8.1) ‘Vedanāpaccayā taṇhā’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā vedanāpaccayā taṇhā. > ‘Feeling is a requirement for craving’—that’s what I said. And this is a way to understand how this is so. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.8.2) Vedanā ca hi, ānanda, nābhavissa sabbena sabbaṃ sabbathā sabbaṃ kassaci kimhici, seyyathidaṃ— > Suppose there were totally and utterly no feeling for anyone anywhere. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.8.3) cakkhusamphassajā vedanā sotasamphassajā vedanā ghānasamphassajā vedanā jivhāsamphassajā vedanā kāyasamphassajā vedanā manosamphassajā vedanā, sabbaso vedanāya asati vedanānirodhā api nu kho taṇhā paññāyethā”ti? > That is, feeling born of contact through the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. When there’s no feeling at all, with the cessation of feeling, would craving still be found?” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.8.4) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on Causation ### [8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.8.5) “Tasmātihānanda, eseva hetu etaṃ nidānaṃ esa samudayo esa paccayo taṇhāya, yadidaṃ vedanā. > “That’s why this is the cause, source, origin, and reason of craving, namely feeling. > — The Great Discourse on Causation ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об обусловленности](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~ru-khantibalo.8.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o uzročnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~sr-brankokovacevic.8.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on Causation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~en-sujato.8.1) — English - [Die große Lehrrede über das Kausalprinzip](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15~de-sabbamitta.8.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.15.102) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.13.18) — Classical Chinese - [人本欲生經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.mahanidanasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.12) — 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.15.8.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.15.8.1-5) · Pramāṇa