[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) › 5.29 # Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.29 Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.29 - **Language:** Pāli ### [5.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.29.1) “Yo kho, subhadda, aññatitthiyapubbo imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhati pabbajjaṃ, ākaṅkhati upasampadaṃ, so cattāro māse parivasati. Catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya. > “Subhadda, if someone formerly ordained in another sect wishes to take the going forth, the ordination in this teaching and training, they must spend four months on probation. When four months have passed, if the mendicants are satisfied, they’ll give the going forth, the ordination into monkhood. > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.29.2) Api ca mettha puggalavemattatā viditā”ti. > However, I have recognized individual differences in this matter.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.29.3) “Sace, bhante, aññatitthiyapubbā imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ākaṅkhantā pabbajjaṃ ākaṅkhantā upasampadaṃ cattāro māse parivasanti, catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhubhāvāya. Ahaṃ cattāri vassāni parivasissāmi, catunnaṃ vassānaṃ accayena āraddhacittā bhikkhū pabbājentu upasampādentu bhikkhubhāvāyā”ti. > “Sir, if four months probation are required in such a case, I’ll spend four years on probation. When four years have passed, if the mendicants are satisfied, let them give me the going forth, the ordination into monkhood.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.29.4) Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi: > Then the Buddha said to Ānanda, > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.29.5) “tenahānanda, subhaddaṃ pabbājehī”ti. > “Well then, Ānanda, give Subhadda the going forth.” > — The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment ### [5.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.29.6) “Evaṃ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paccassosi. > “Yes, sir,” Ānanda replied. > — 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.5.29.1) — Russian - [Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~de-sabbamitta.5.29.1) — German - [Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~sr-brankokovacevic.5.29.1) — sr - [The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-sujato.5.29.1) — English - [The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16~en-rhysdavids1881.5.64) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [Suttanipāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.suttanipata.3.6.53.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.29) · Pramāṇa