Mahaparinibbanasutta 4.2

Mahāparinibbānasutta 4.2

Language: Pāli

4.2.1

Atha kho bhagavā mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ yena bhaṇḍagāmo tadavasari.

Then the Buddha together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants arrived at Wares Village,
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4.2.2

Tatra sudaṃ bhagavā bhaṇḍagāme viharati.

and stayed there.
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4.2.3

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants:
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4.2.4

“catunnaṃ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṃ ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ sandhāvitaṃ saṃsaritaṃ mamañceva tumhākañca.

“Mendicants, due to not understanding and not penetrating four things, both you and I have wandered and transmigrated for such a very long time.
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4.2.5

Katamesaṃ catunnaṃ?

What four?
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4.2.6

Ariyassa, bhikkhave, sīlassa ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ sandhāvitaṃ saṃsaritaṃ mamañceva tumhākañca.

Noble ethics,
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4.2.7

Ariyassa, bhikkhave, samādhissa ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ sandhāvitaṃ saṃsaritaṃ mamañceva tumhākañca.

immersion,
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4.2.8

Ariyāya, bhikkhave, paññāya ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ sandhāvitaṃ saṃsaritaṃ mamañceva tumhākañca.

wisdom,
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4.2.9

Ariyāya, bhikkhave, vimuttiyā ananubodhā appaṭivedhā evamidaṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ sandhāvitaṃ saṃsaritaṃ mamañceva tumhākañca.

and freedom.
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Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, ariyaṃ sīlaṃ anubuddhaṃ paṭividdhaṃ, ariyo samādhi anubuddho paṭividdho, ariyā paññā anubuddhā paṭividdhā, ariyā vimutti anubuddhā paṭividdhā, ucchinnā bhavataṇhā, khīṇā bhavanetti, natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.

These noble ethics, immersion, wisdom, and freedom have been understood and comprehended. Craving for continued existence has been cut off; the leash to existence is ended; now there’ll be no more future lives.”
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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

Linked texts (5)

Anubuddhasutta — Pāli
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names — G. P. Malalasekera, English
A History of Indian Literature — M. Winternitz, English
Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge — K. N. Jayatilleke, English