Mahaparinibbanasutta 4.11
Mahāparinibbānasutta 4.11
- Language
- Pāli
4.11.1
Idha pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṃ vadeyya:
Take another mendicant who says:
4.11.2
‘amukasmiṃ nāma āvāse eko thero bhikkhu viharati bahussuto āgatāgamo dhammadharo vinayadharo mātikādharo.
‘In such-and-such monastery there is a single senior mendicant who is very learned, an inheritor of the heritage, who has memorized the teachings, the monastic law, and the outlines.
4.11.3
Tassa me therassa sammukhā sutaṃ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṃ—
I’ve heard and learned this in the presence of that senior mendicant:
4.11.4
ayaṃ dhammo ayaṃ vinayo idaṃ satthusāsanan’ti.
this is the teaching, this is the training, this is the Teacher’s instruction.’
4.11.5
Tassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno bhāsitaṃ neva abhinanditabbaṃ nappaṭikkositabbaṃ.
You should neither approve nor reject that mendicant’s statement.
4.11.6
Anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā tāni padabyañjanāni sādhukaṃ uggahetvā sutte osāretabbāni, vinaye sandassetabbāni.
Instead, having carefully memorized those words and phrases, you should make sure they fit in the discourse and are exhibited in the training.
4.11.7
Tāni ce sutte osāriyamānāni vinaye sandassiyamānāni na ceva sutte osaranti, na ca vinaye sandissanti, niṭṭhamettha gantabbaṃ:
If they do not fit in the discourse and are not exhibited in the training, you should draw the conclusion:
4.11.8
‘addhā idaṃ na ceva tassa bhagavato vacanaṃ;
‘Clearly this is not the word of the Buddha.
4.11.9
tassa ca therassa duggahitan’ti.
It has been incorrectly memorized by that senior mendicant.’
4.11.10
Itihetaṃ, bhikkhave, chaḍḍeyyātha.
And so you should discard it.
4.11.11
Tāni ca sutte osāriyamānāni vinaye sandassiyamānāni sutte ceva osaranti, vinaye ca sandissanti, niṭṭhamettha gantabbaṃ:
If they do fit in the discourse and are exhibited in the training, you should draw the conclusion:
4.11.12
‘addhā idaṃ tassa bhagavato vacanaṃ;
‘Clearly this is the word of the Buddha.
4.11.13
tassa ca therassa suggahitan’ti.
It has been correctly memorized by that senior mendicant.’
4.11.14
Idaṃ, bhikkhave, catutthaṃ mahāpadesaṃ dhāreyyātha.
You should remember it. This is the fourth great reference.
4.11.15
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro mahāpadese dhāreyyāthā”ti.
These are the four great references.”
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
Linked texts (1)
- Mahāpadesasutta — Pāli