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# Samannaphalasutta 20.5

Sāmaññaphalasutta 20.5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.20.5)

Natthi attakāre, natthi parakāre, natthi purisakāre, natthi balaṃ, natthi vīriyaṃ, natthi purisathāmo, natthi purisaparakkamo.

> One does not act of one’s own volition, one does not act of another’s volition, one does not act from a person’s volition. There is no power, no energy, no human strength or vigor.  
> — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life

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## Translations (5)

- [Наставление о плодах отшельничества](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~ru-khantibalo.20.5) — Russian
- [Atsiskyrimo vaisiai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~lt-piyadassi.20.5) — lt
- [Die Früchte des Asketenlebens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~de-sabbamitta.20.5) — German
- [The Fruits of the Ascetic Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-sujato.20.5) — English
- [Govor o plodovima asketskog života](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~sr-brankokovacevic.20.5) — sr

## Linked texts (1)

- [寂志果經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sramanyaphalasutra*zh-zhu-tanwulan.1.13) — Classical Chinese

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