[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) › 5.15 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.15 Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.15 - **Language:** Pāli ### [5.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.15.1) Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: > Then the Buddha said to the mendicants: > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.15.2) “yepi te, bhikkhave, ahesuṃ atītamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, tesampi bhagavantānaṃ etapparamāyeva upaṭṭhākā ahesuṃ, seyyathāpi mayhaṃ ānando. > “Those who were perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas in the past also had attendants, who at best were like Ānanda is for me. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.15.3) Yepi te, bhikkhave, bhavissanti anāgatamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, tesampi bhagavantānaṃ etapparamāyeva upaṭṭhākā bhavissanti, seyyathāpi mayhaṃ ānando. > Those who will be perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas in the future will also have attendants, who at best will be like Ānanda is for me. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.15.4) Paṇḍito, bhikkhave, ānando; > Ānanda is astute, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.15.5) medhāvī, bhikkhave, ānando. > he is intelligent. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.15.6) Jānāti ‘ayaṃ kālo tathāgataṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṃ bhikkhūnaṃ, ayaṃ kālo bhikkhunīnaṃ, ayaṃ kālo upāsakānaṃ, ayaṃ kālo upāsikānaṃ, ayaṃ kālo rañño rājamahāmattānaṃ titthiyānaṃ titthiyasāvakānan’ti. > He knows the time for monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen, royal ministers, monastics of other religions and their disciples to visit the Realized One. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.5.15.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.5.15.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.5.15.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.5.15.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.5.36) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.16.208) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.15) · Pramāṇa