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# Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.29

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.29

- **Language:** Pāli

### [3.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.29.1)

Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati nīlāni nīlavaṇṇāni nīlanidassanāni nīlanibhāsāni.

> Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are blue, with blue color and blue appearance.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.29.2)

Seyyathāpi nāma umāpupphaṃ nīlaṃ nīlavaṇṇaṃ nīlanidassanaṃ nīlanibhāsaṃ. Seyyathā vā pana taṃ vatthaṃ bārāṇaseyyakaṃ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṃ nīlaṃ nīlavaṇṇaṃ nīlanidassanaṃ nīlanibhāsaṃ.

> They’re like a flax flower that’s blue, with blue color and blue appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, blue, with blue color and blue appearance.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.29.3)

Evameva ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati nīlāni nīlavaṇṇāni nīlanidassanāni nīlanibhāsāni.

> In the same way, not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally, blue, with blue color and blue appearance.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.29.4)

‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti.

> Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

### [3.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.29.5)

Idaṃ pañcamaṃ abhibhāyatanaṃ.

> This is the fifth dimension of mastery.  
> — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

## Translations (5)

- [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.3.29.1) — Russian
- [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.3.29.1) — German
- [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.3.29.1) — sr
- [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.3.29.1) — English
- [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.3.29) — English

## Linked texts (4)

- [Saṅgītisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.33.3.1.153) — Pāli
- [Dasuttarasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.34.2.1.174) — Pāli
- [Mahāsakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.15) — Pāli
- [Paṭhamakosalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.29.10.2) — Pāli

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