Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.13
Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.13
- Language
- Pāli
3.13.1
“Aṭṭha kho ime, ānanda, hetū, aṭṭha paccayā mahato bhūmicālassa pātubhāvāya.
“Ānanda, there are these eight causes and reasons for a great earthquake.
3.13.2
Katame aṭṭha?
What eight?
3.13.3
Ayaṃ, ānanda, mahāpathavī udake patiṭṭhitā, udakaṃ vāte patiṭṭhitaṃ, vāto ākāsaṭṭho. Hoti kho so, ānanda, samayo, yaṃ mahāvātā vāyanti. Mahāvātā vāyantā udakaṃ kampenti. Udakaṃ kampitaṃ pathaviṃ kampeti.
This great earth is established on water, the water is established on air, and the air stands in space. At a time when a great wind blows, it stirs the water, and the water stirs the earth.
3.13.4
Ayaṃ paṭhamo hetu paṭhamo paccayo mahato bhūmicālassa pātubhāvāya.
This is the first cause and reason for a great earthquake.
Translations (5)
- Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане — Russian
- Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha — German
- The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment — English
- Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju — sr
- The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (3)
- Bhūmicālasutta — Pāli
- Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names — G. P. Malalasekera, English
- Pāli Literature and Language — Wilhelm Geiger, English