[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) › 5.16 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.16 Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.16 - **Language:** Pāli ### [5.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.1) Cattārome, bhikkhave, acchariyā abbhutā dhammā ānande. > There are these four incredible and amazing things about Ānanda. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.2) Katame cattāro? > What four? > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.3) Sace, bhikkhave, bhikkhuparisā ānandaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanena sā attamanā hoti. > If an assembly of monks goes to see Ānanda, they’re uplifted by seeing him > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.4) Tatra ce ānando dhammaṃ bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti. > and uplifted by hearing him speak. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.5) Atittāva, bhikkhave, bhikkhuparisā hoti, atha kho ānando tuṇhī hoti. > And when he falls silent, they’ve never had enough. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.6) Sace, bhikkhave, bhikkhunīparisā ānandaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanena sā attamanā hoti. > If an assembly of nuns … > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.7) Tatra ce ānando dhammaṃ bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti. ### [5.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.8) Atittāva, bhikkhave, bhikkhunīparisā hoti, atha kho ānando tuṇhī hoti. ### [5.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.9) Sace, bhikkhave, upāsakaparisā ānandaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanena sā attamanā hoti. > laymen … > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.10) Tatra ce ānando dhammaṃ bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti. ### [5.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.11) Atittāva, bhikkhave, upāsakaparisā hoti, atha kho ānando tuṇhī hoti. ### [5.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.12) Sace, bhikkhave, upāsikāparisā ānandaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanena sā attamanā hoti. > or laywomen goes to see Ānanda, they’re uplifted by seeing him > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.13) Tatra ce ānando dhammaṃ bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti. > and uplifted by hearing him speak. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.14) Atittāva, bhikkhave, upāsikāparisā hoti, atha kho ānando tuṇhī hoti. > And when he falls silent, they’ve never had enough. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.15) Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro acchariyā abbhutā dhammā ānande. > These are the four incredible and amazing things about Ānanda. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.16) Cattārome, bhikkhave, acchariyā abbhutā dhammā raññe cakkavattimhi. > There are these four incredible and amazing things about a wheel-turning monarch. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.17) Katame cattāro? > What four? > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.18) Sace, bhikkhave, khattiyaparisā rājānaṃ cakkavattiṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanena sā attamanā hoti. > If an assembly of aristocrats goes to see a wheel-turning monarch, they’re uplifted by seeing him > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.19) Tatra ce rājā cakkavattī bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti. > and uplifted by hearing him speak. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.20) Atittāva, bhikkhave, khattiyaparisā hoti. Atha kho rājā cakkavattī tuṇhī hoti. > And when he falls silent, they’ve never had enough. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.21) Sace bhikkhave, brāhmaṇaparisā …pe… > If an assembly of brahmins … > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.22) gahapatiparisā …pe… > householders … > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.23) samaṇaparisā rājānaṃ cakkavattiṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanena sā attamanā hoti. > or ascetics goes to see a wheel-turning monarch, they’re uplifted by seeing him > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.24) Tatra ce rājā cakkavattī bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti. > and uplifted by hearing him speak. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.25) Atittāva, bhikkhave, samaṇaparisā hoti. Atha kho rājā cakkavattī tuṇhī hoti. > And when he falls silent, they’ve never had enough. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.26) Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cattārome acchariyā abbhutā dhammā ānande. > In the same way, there are those four incredible and amazing things about Ānanda.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.27) Sace, bhikkhave, bhikkhuparisā ānandaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanena sā attamanā hoti. ### [5.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.28) Tatra ce ānando dhammaṃ bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti. ### [5.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.29) Atittāva, bhikkhave, bhikkhuparisā hoti. ### [5.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.30) Atha kho ānando tuṇhī hoti. ### [5.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.31) Sace, bhikkhave bhikkhunīparisā …pe… ### [5.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.32) upāsakaparisā …pe… ### [5.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.33) upāsikāparisā ānandaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamati, dassanena sā attamanā hoti. ### [5.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.34) Tatra ce ānando dhammaṃ bhāsati, bhāsitenapi sā attamanā hoti. ### [5.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.35) Atittāva, bhikkhave, upāsikāparisā hoti. ### [5.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.36) Atha kho ānando tuṇhī hoti. ### [5.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16.37) Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro acchariyā abbhutā dhammā ānande”ti. ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~ru-khantibalo.5.16.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.5.16.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.5.16.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.5.16.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.5.38) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.16.209) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (1) - [Cakkavattiacchariyasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.130.1.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.16) · Pramāṇa