[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) › 5.23 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.23: 34. Subhaddaparibbājakavatthu Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.23 - **Language:** Pāli ### 34. Subhaddaparibbājakavatthu ### [5.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.1) Tena kho pana samayena subhaddo nāma paribbājako kusinārāyaṃ paṭivasati. > Now at that time a wanderer named Subhadda was residing near Kusinārā. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.2) Assosi kho subhaddo paribbājako: > He heard that > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.3) “ajja kira rattiyā pacchime yāme samaṇassa gotamassa parinibbānaṃ bhavissatī”ti. > on that very day, in the last watch of the night, will be the full extinguishment of the ascetic Gotama. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.4) Atha kho subhaddassa paribbājakassa etadahosi: > He thought: > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.5) “sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ paribbājakānaṃ vuḍḍhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ: > “I have heard that brahmins of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said: > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.6) ‘kadāci karahaci tathāgatā loke uppajjanti arahanto sammāsambuddhā’ti. > ‘Only rarely do Realized Ones arise in the world, perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.’ > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.7) Ajjeva rattiyā pacchime yāme samaṇassa gotamassa parinibbānaṃ bhavissati. > And this very day, in the last watch of the night, will be the full extinguishment of the ascetic Gotama. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.8) Atthi ca me ayaṃ kaṅkhādhammo uppanno, > This state of uncertainty has come up in me. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23.9) evaṃ pasanno ahaṃ samaṇe gotame, ‘pahoti me samaṇo gotamo tathā dhammaṃ desetuṃ, yathāhaṃ imaṃ kaṅkhādhammaṃ pajaheyyan’”ti. > I am quite confident that the Buddha is capable of teaching me so that I can give up this state of uncertainty.” > — 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.5.23.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.5.23.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.5.23.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.5.23.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.5.52) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.16.212) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.23) · Pramāṇa