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Seyyathidaṃ—ekampi jātiṃ dvepi jātiyo tissopi jātiyo catassopi jātiyo pañcapi jātiyo …pe… iti sākāraṃ sauddesaṃ anekavihitaṃ pubbenivāsaṃ anussarati. > They recollect many kinds of past lives, with features and details. > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.12) So dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate, yathākammūpage satte pajānāti: ‘ime vata bhonto sattā kāyaduccaritena samannāgatā vacīduccaritena samannāgatā manoduccaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṃ upavādakā micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā. Te kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapannā. Ime vā pana bhonto sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā vacīsucaritena samannāgatā manosucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṃ anupavādakā sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā. Te kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannā’ti. Iti dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate, yathākammūpage satte pajānāti. > With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, they see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds: ‘These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’ And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, they see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds. > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.13) Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, nigrodha, > What do you think, Nigrodha? > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.14) yadi evaṃ sante tapojigucchā parisuddhā vā hoti aparisuddhā vā”ti? > If this is so, is the fervent mortification in disgust of sin purified or not?” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.15) “Addhā kho, bhante, evaṃ sante tapojigucchā parisuddhā hoti no aparisuddhā, aggappattā ca sārappattā cā”ti. > “Clearly, sir, it is purified. It has reached the peak and the pith.” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.16) “Ettāvatā kho, nigrodha, tapojigucchā aggappattā ca hoti sārappattā ca. > “Nigrodha, at this point the fervent mortification in disgust of sin has reached the peak and the pith. > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.17) Iti kho, nigrodha, yaṃ maṃ tvaṃ avacāsi: > Nigrodha, remember you said this to me: > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.18) ‘ko nāma so, bhante, bhagavato dhammo, yena bhagavā sāvake vineti, yena bhagavatā sāvakā vinītā assāsappattā paṭijānanti ajjhāsayaṃ ādibrahmacariyan’ti. > ‘Sir, what teaching do you use to guide your disciples, through which they claim solace in the fundamental goal of the spiritual life?’ > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.19) Iti kho taṃ, nigrodha, ṭhānaṃ uttaritarañca paṇītatarañca, yenāhaṃ sāvake vinemi, yena mayā sāvakā vinītā assāsappattā paṭijānanti ajjhāsayaṃ ādibrahmacariyan”ti. > Well, there is something better and finer than this. That’s what I use to guide my disciples, through which they claim solace in the fundamental goal of the spiritual life.” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.20) Evaṃ vutte, te paribbājakā unnādino uccāsaddamahāsaddā ahesuṃ: > When he said this, those wanderers made an uproar, > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.21) “ettha mayaṃ anassāma sācariyakā, na mayaṃ ito bhiyyo uttaritaraṃ pajānāmā”ti. > “In that case, we’re lost, and so is our denomination! We don’t know anything better or finer than that!” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ## Translations (3) - [Lavlji rik u Udumbariki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~sr-brankokovacevic.19.1) — sr - [Das Löwengebrüll im Kloster der Dame Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~de-sabbamitta.19.1) — German - [The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~en-sujato.19.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.74) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.104.51) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.8.45) — Classical Chinese - [尼拘陀梵志經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.nyagrodhasutra*zh-danapala.2.25) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.1-21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.19.1-21) · Pramāṇa