[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) › 20.8 # Samannaphalasutta 20.8 Sāmaññaphalasutta 20.8 - **Language:** Pāli ### [20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.20.8) Tattha natthi “imināhaṃ sīlena vā vatena vā tapena vā brahmacariyena vā aparipakkaṃ vā kammaṃ paripācessāmi, paripakkaṃ vā kammaṃ phussa phussa byantiṃ karissāmī”ti hevaṃ natthi. > And here there is no such thing as this: “By this precept or observance or fervent austerity or spiritual practice I shall force unripened deeds to bear their fruit, or eliminate old deeds by experiencing their results little by little,” for that cannot be. > — The Fruits of the Ascetic Life - [Previous: 20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.20.7) - [Next: 20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.20.9) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.20) ## Translations (5) - [Наставление о плодах отшельничества](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~ru-khantibalo.20.8) — Russian - [Atsiskyrimo vaisiai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~lt-piyadassi.20.8) — lt - [Die Früchte des Asketenlebens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~de-sabbamitta.20.8) — German - [The Fruits of the Ascetic Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~en-sujato.20.8) — English - [Govor o plodovima asketskog života](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2~sr-brankokovacevic.20.8) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.20.8) · Pramāṇa