[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Mahaparinibbanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16) › 3.31 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.31 Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.31 - **Language:** Pāli ### [3.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.31.1) Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati lohitakāni lohitakavaṇṇāni lohitakanidassanāni lohitakanibhāsāni. > Not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are red, with red color and red appearance. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [3.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.31.2) Seyyathāpi nāma bandhujīvakapupphaṃ lohitakaṃ lohitakavaṇṇaṃ lohitakanidassanaṃ lohitakanibhāsaṃ. Seyyathā vā pana taṃ vatthaṃ bārāṇaseyyakaṃ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṃ lohitakaṃ lohitakavaṇṇaṃ lohitakanidassanaṃ lohitakanibhāsaṃ. > They’re like a scarlet mallow flower that’s red, with red color and red appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, red, with red color and red appearance. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [3.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.31.3) Evameva ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati lohitakāni lohitakavaṇṇāni lohitakanidassanāni lohitakanibhāsāni. > In the same way, not perceiving form internally, someone sees forms externally that are red, with red color and red appearance. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [3.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.31.4) ‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti. > Mastering them, they perceive: ‘I know and see.’ > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [3.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.31.5) Idaṃ sattamaṃ abhibhāyatanaṃ. > This is the seventh dimension of mastery. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ## Translations (4) - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.3.31.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.3.31.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.3.31.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.3.31.1) — English ## Linked texts (4) - [Saṅgītisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.33.3.1.161) — Pāli - [Dasuttarasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.34.2.1.182) — Pāli - [Mahāsakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.25) — Pāli - [Paṭhamakosalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.29.12.2) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.31) · Pramāṇa