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Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 1.4.14

Mahāparinibbānasutta 1.4.14

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Pāli

1.4.14

“Yāvakīvañca, ānanda, vajjī ye te vajjīnaṃ vajjimahallakā, te sakkarissanti garuṃ karissanti mānessanti pūjessanti, tesañca sotabbaṃ maññissanti, vuddhiyeva, ānanda, vajjīnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

“As long as the Vajjis honor, respect, esteem, and venerate Vajjian elders, and think them worth listening to, they can expect growth, not decline.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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