[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) › [Samannaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2) › 18.1-7 # Samannaphalasutta 18.1-7 Sāmaññaphalasutta 18.1-7 - **Language:** Pāli ### [18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.1) Itthaṃ kho me, bhante, pūraṇo kassapo sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmaññaphalaṃ puṭṭho samāno akiriyaṃ byākāsi. > And so, when I asked Pūraṇa Kassapa about the fruits of the ascetic life apparent in the present life, he answered with the doctrine of inaction. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.2) Seyyathāpi, bhante, ambaṃ vā puṭṭho labujaṃ byākareyya, labujaṃ vā puṭṭho ambaṃ byākareyya; > It was like someone who, when asked about a mango, answered with a breadfruit, or when asked about a breadfruit, answered with a mango. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.3) evameva kho me, bhante, pūraṇo kassapo sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmaññaphalaṃ puṭṭho samāno akiriyaṃ byākāsi. ### [18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.4) Tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, etadahosi: > I thought: > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.5) ‘kathañhi nāma mādiso samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā vijite vasantaṃ apasādetabbaṃ maññeyyā’ti. > ‘How on earth could one such as I presume to rebuke an ascetic or brahmin living in my realm?’ > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.6) So kho ahaṃ, bhante, pūraṇassa kassapassa bhāsitaṃ neva abhinandiṃ nappaṭikkosiṃ. > So I neither approved nor rejected that statement of Pūraṇa Kassapa. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ### [18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.7) Anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā anattamano, anattamanavācaṃ anicchāretvā, tameva vācaṃ anuggaṇhanto anikkujjanto uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamiṃ. > I was displeased, but did not express my displeasure. Neither accepting what he said nor contradicting it, I rose from my seat and left. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о плодах отшельничества](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~ru-khantibalo.18.1) — Russian - [Atsiskyrimo vaisiai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~lt-piyadassi.18.1) — lt - [Govor o plodovima asketskog života](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~sr-brankokovacevic.18.1) — sr - [Die Früchte des Asketenlebens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~de-sabbamitta.18.1) — German - [The Fruits of the Ascetic Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-sujato.18.1) — English ## Linked texts (4) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.43.7.50) — Classical Chinese - [Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.modern.sangayana-puccha.3.35) — Pāli - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.27.41) — Classical Chinese - [寂志果經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sramanyaphalasutra*zh-zhu-tanwulan.1.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.1-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.18.1-7) · Pramāṇa