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# With Pāyāsi 12.12

Pāyāsisutta 12.12

- **Language:** Pāli

### [12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23.12.12)

‘ito no matānaṃ seyyo bhavissatī’ti, tasmā ime bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā jīvitukāmā amaritukāmā sukhakāmā dukkhapaṭikūlā attānaṃ na mārenti.

> things are going to be better for them after death. That’s why they are ethical, of good character, wanting to live and not wanting to die, wanting to be happy and recoiling from pain.’  
> — With Pāyāsi

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## Translations (3)

- [Razgovor sa Pāyāsijem](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~sr-brankokovacevic.12.12) — sr
- [With Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~en-sujato.12.12) — English
- [Mit Pāyāsi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.23~de-sabbamitta.12.12) — German

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.71.44) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.7.48) — Classical Chinese
- [大正句王經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.payasisutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.17) — Classical Chinese

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