Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 5.8
Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.8
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- Pāli
5.8.1
“Cattārimāni, ānanda, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyāni saṃvejanīyāni ṭhānāni.
“Ānanda, a faithful gentleman should go to see these four inspiring places.
5.8.2
Katamāni cattāri?
What four?
5.8.3
‘Idha tathāgato jāto’ti, ānanda, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṃ saṃvejanīyaṃ ṭhānaṃ.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was born!’—that is an inspiring place.
5.8.4
‘Idha tathāgato anuttaraṃ sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambuddho’ti, ānanda, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṃ saṃvejanīyaṃ ṭhānaṃ.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became awakened as a supreme fully awakened Buddha!’—that is an inspiring place.
5.8.5
‘Idha tathāgatena anuttaraṃ dhammacakkaṃ pavattitan’ti, ānanda, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṃ saṃvejanīyaṃ ṭhānaṃ.
Thinking: ‘Here the supreme Wheel of Dhamma was rolled forth by the Realized One!’—that is an inspiring place.
5.8.6
‘Idha tathāgato anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbuto’ti, ānanda, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṃ saṃvejanīyaṃ ṭhānaṃ.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was fully quenched in the element of extinguishment with no residue!’—that is an inspiring place.
5.8.7
Imāni kho, ānanda, cattāri saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyāni saṃvejanīyāni ṭhānāni.
These are the four inspiring places that a faithful gentleman should go to see.
5.8.8
Āgamissanti kho, ānanda, saddhā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo:
Faithful monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen will come, and think:
5.8.9
‘idha tathāgato jāto’tipi, ‘idha tathāgato anuttaraṃ sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambuddho’tipi, ‘idha tathāgatena anuttaraṃ dhammacakkaṃ pavattitan’tipi, ‘idha tathāgato anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbuto’tipi.
‘Here the Realized One was born!’ and ‘Here the Realized One became awakened as a supreme fully awakened Buddha!’ and ‘Here the supreme Wheel of Dhamma was rolled forth by the Realized One!’ and ‘Here the Realized One was fully quenched in the element of extinguishment with no residue!’
5.8.10
Ye hi keci, ānanda, cetiyacārikaṃ āhiṇḍantā pasannacittā kālaṃ karissanti, sabbe te kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjissantī”ti.
Anyone who passes away while on pilgrimage to these shrines will, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.”
Translations (5)
- Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане — Russian
- Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha — German
- Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju — sr
- The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment — English
- The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta) — English
Linked texts (2)
- Saṃvejanīyasutta — Pāli
- Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā — Pāli
Discussed in (5)
- Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names — Malalasekera 1937, English
- Early Monastic Buddhism — Dutt 1941, English
- Tribes in Ancient India — Law 1943, English
- Historical Geography of Ancient India — Law 1954, English
- Pāli Literature and Language — Geiger 1916, English