Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.50

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.50

Language: Pāli

3.50.1

Atha kho bhagavā yenupaṭṭhānasālā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.

Then the Buddha went to the assembly hall, where he sat down on the seat spread out
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.50.2

Nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

and addressed the mendicants:
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

“tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ye te mayā dhammā abhiññā desitā, te vo sādhukaṃ uggahetvā āsevitabbā bhāvetabbā bahulīkātabbā, yathayidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ addhaniyaṃ assa ciraṭṭhitikaṃ, tadassa bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ.

“So, mendicants, having carefully memorized those things I have taught you from my direct knowledge, you should cultivate, develop, and make much of them so that this spiritual practice may last for a long time. That would be for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.50.4

Katame ca te, bhikkhave, dhammā mayā abhiññā desitā, ye vo sādhukaṃ uggahetvā āsevitabbā bhāvetabbā bahulīkātabbā, yathayidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ addhaniyaṃ assa ciraṭṭhitikaṃ, tadassa bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ.

And what are those things I have taught from my direct knowledge?
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.50.5

Seyyathidaṃ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā, cattāro sammappadhānā, cattāro iddhipādā, pañcindriyāni, pañca balāni, satta bojjhaṅgā, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo.

They are: the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path.
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Translations (5)

Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане — Russian
Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha — German
Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju — sr
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment — English
The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta) — English

Commentaries (1)

Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

Linked texts (4)

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names — G. P. Malalasekera, English
The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature — Har Dayal, English
The History of Buddhist Thought — Edward J. Thomas, English
Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English