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Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: > Then Sāriputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.2) “evaṃ pasanno ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavati; > “Sir, I have such confidence in the Buddha that > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.3) na cāhu na ca bhavissati na cetarahi vijjati añño samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā bhagavatā bhiyyobhiññataro yadidaṃ sambodhiyan”ti. > I believe there’s no other ascetic or brahmin—whether past, future, or present—whose direct knowledge is superior to the Buddha when it comes to awakening.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.4) “Uḷārā kho te ayaṃ, sāriputta, āsabhī vācā bhāsitā, ekaṃso gahito, sīhanādo nadito: > “That’s a grand and bold statement, Sāriputta. You’ve roared a definitive, categorical lion’s roar, saying: > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.5) ‘evaṃpasanno ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavati; > ‘I have such confidence in the Buddha that > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.6) na cāhu na ca bhavissati na cetarahi vijjati añño samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā bhagavatā bhiyyobhiññataro yadidaṃ sambodhiyan’ti. > I believe there’s no other ascetic or brahmin—whether past, future, or present—whose direct knowledge is superior to the Buddha when it comes to awakening.’ > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.7) Kiṃ te, sāriputta, ye te ahesuṃ atītamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, sabbe te bhagavanto cetasā ceto paricca viditā: > What about all the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas who lived in the past? Have you encompassed their minds to know that > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.8) ‘evaṃsīlā te bhagavanto ahesuṃ itipi, evaṃdhammā evaṃpaññā evaṃvihārī evaṃvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṃ itipī’”ti? > those Buddhas had such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.9) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.10) “Kiṃ pana te, sāriputta, ye te bhavissanti anāgatamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, sabbe te bhagavanto cetasā ceto paricca viditā: > “And what about all the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas who will live in the future? Have you encompassed their minds to know that > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.11) ‘evaṃsīlā te bhagavanto bhavissanti itipi, evaṃdhammā evaṃpaññā evaṃvihārī evaṃvimuttā te bhagavanto bhavissanti itipī’”ti? > those Buddhas will have such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.12) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.13) “Kiṃ pana te, sāriputta, ahaṃ etarahi arahaṃ sammāsambuddho cetasā ceto paricca vidito: > “And what about me, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha at present? Have you encompassed my mind to know that > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.14) ‘evaṃsīlo bhagavā itipi, evaṃdhammo evaṃpañño evaṃvihārī evaṃvimutto bhagavā itipī’”ti? > I have such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.15) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.16) “Ettha ca hi te, sāriputta, atītānāgatapaccuppannesu arahantesu sammāsambuddhesu cetopariyañāṇaṃ natthi. > “In that case, Sāriputta, given that you don’t encompass the minds of Buddhas past, future, or present, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.17) Atha kiñcarahi te ayaṃ, sāriputta, uḷārā āsabhī vācā bhāsitā, ekaṃso gahito, sīhanādo nadito: > what then are you doing, making such a grand and bold statement, roaring such a definitive, categorical lion’s roar?” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [1.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16.18) ‘evaṃpasanno ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavati; na cāhu na ca bhavissati na cetarahi vijjati añño samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā bhagavatā bhiyyobhiññataro yadidaṃ sambodhiyan’”ti? ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.1.16.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.1.16.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.1.16.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.1.16.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.1.16) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [Sampasādanīyasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.5) — Pāli - [Nālandasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.47.12.1.5) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.1.16) · Pramāṇa