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# Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.32

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.32

- **Language:** Pāli

### [3.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.32.1)

Ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati odātāni odātavaṇṇāni odātanidassanāni odātanibhāsāni.

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

### [3.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.32.2)

Seyyathāpi nāma osadhitārakā odātā odātavaṇṇā odātanidassanā odātanibhāsā. Seyyathā vā pana taṃ vatthaṃ bārāṇaseyyakaṃ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṃ odātaṃ odātavaṇṇaṃ odātanidassanaṃ odātanibhāsaṃ.

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

### [3.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.32.3)

Evameva ajjhattaṃ arūpasaññī eko bahiddhā rūpāni passati odātāni odātavaṇṇāni odātanidassanāni odātanibhāsāni.

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

### [3.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.32.4)

‘Tāni abhibhuyya jānāmi passāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hoti.

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

### [3.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.32.5)

Idaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ abhibhāyatanaṃ.

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

### [3.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.32.6)

Imāni kho, ānanda, aṭṭha abhibhāyatanāni.

> These are the eight dimensions 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.3.32.1) — Russian
- [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.3.32.1) — German
- [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.3.32.1) — sr
- [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.3.32.1) — English

## Linked texts (4)

- [Saṅgītisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.33.3.1.165) — Pāli
- [Dasuttarasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.34.2.1.186) — Pāli
- [Mahāsakuludāyisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.30) — Pāli
- [Paṭhamakosalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.29.13.2) — Pāli

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