Mahaparinibbanasutta 1.1

Mahāparinibbānasutta 1.1

Language: Pāli

1.1.1

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—

So I have heard.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.1.2

ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.1.3

Tena kho pana samayena rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto vajjī abhiyātukāmo hoti.

Now at that time King Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, wanted to invade the Vajjis.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.1.4

So evamāha:

He said:
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.1.5

“ahaṃ hime vajjī evaṃmahiddhike evaṃmahānubhāve ucchecchāmi vajjī, vināsessāmi vajjī, anayabyasanaṃ āpādessāmī”ti.

“I shall wipe out these Vajjis, so mighty and powerful! I shall destroy them, and lay ruin and devastation upon them!”
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

Translations (5)

Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане — Russian
Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha — German
Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju — sr
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment — English
The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta) — English

Commentaries (1)

Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

Linked texts (1)

Vassakārasutta — Pāli