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Catutthopi tattha samaṇo na upalabbhati. > “Subhadda, in whatever teaching and training the noble eightfold path is not found, there is no ascetic found, no second ascetic, no third ascetic, and no fourth ascetic. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.2) Yasmiñca kho, subhadda, dhammavinaye ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo upalabbhati, samaṇopi tattha upalabbhati, dutiyopi tattha samaṇo upalabbhati, tatiyopi tattha samaṇo upalabbhati, catutthopi tattha samaṇo upalabbhati. > In whatever teaching and training the noble eightfold path is found, there is an ascetic found, a second ascetic, a third ascetic, and a fourth ascetic. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.3) Imasmiṃ kho, subhadda, dhammavinaye ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo upalabbhati, idheva, subhadda, samaṇo, idha dutiyo samaṇo, idha tatiyo samaṇo, idha catuttho samaṇo, suññā parappavādā samaṇebhi aññehi. > In this teaching and training the noble eightfold path is found. Only here is there an ascetic, here a second ascetic, here a third ascetic, and here a fourth ascetic. Other sects are empty of ascetics. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.4) Ime ca, subhadda, bhikkhū sammā vihareyyuṃ, asuñño loko arahantehi assāti. > Were these mendicants to practice well, the world would not be empty of perfected ones. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.5) Ekūnatiṃso vayasā subhadda, > I was twenty-nine years of age, Subhadda, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.6) Yaṃ pabbajiṃ kiṅkusalānuesī; > when I went forth to discover what is skillful. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.7) Vassāni paññāsa samādhikāni, > It’s been over fifty years > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.8) Yato ahaṃ pabbajito subhadda; > since I went forth. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.9) Ñāyassa dhammassa padesavattī, > Teacher of the references > for the systematic teaching: > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.10) Ito bahiddhā samaṇopi natthi. > outside of here there is no ascetic, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.11) Dutiyopi samaṇo natthi. > no second ascetic, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.12) Tatiyopi samaṇo natthi. > no third ascetic, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.13) Catutthopi samaṇo natthi. > and no fourth ascetic. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.14) Suññā parappavādā samaṇebhi aññehi. > Other sects are empty of ascetics. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27.15) Ime ca, subhadda, bhikkhū sammā vihareyyuṃ, asuñño loko arahantehi assā”ti. > Were these mendicants to practice well, the world would not be empty of perfected ones.” > — 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.5.27.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.5.27.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.5.27.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.5.27.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.5.62) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.16.214) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (5) - [Kathāvatthu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu.20.5.10.4) — Moggaliputta Tissa, Pāli - [Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.modern.sangayana-puccha.3.208) — Pāli - [Milindapañha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.milindapanha) — Pāli - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas) — Classical Chinese - [Avadānaśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanasataka) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.27) · Pramāṇa