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It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me.” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.4) “Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, nigrodha. > “What do you think, Nigrodha? > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.5) Kinti te sutaṃ paribbājakānaṃ vuḍḍhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ: > Have you heard that wanderers of the past who were elderly and senior, the tutors of tutors, said that > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.6) ‘ye te ahesuṃ atītamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, evaṃ su te bhagavanto saṅgamma samāgamma unnādino uccāsaddamahāsaddā anekavihitaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti. > when the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas of the past came together, they made an uproar, a colossal racket as they sat and talked about all kinds of low topics, > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.7) Seyyathidaṃ—rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ …pe… itibhavābhavakathaṃ iti vā. ### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.8) Seyyathāpi tvaṃ etarahi sācariyako. > like you do in your denomination these days? > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.9) Udāhu, evaṃ su te bhagavanto araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevanti appasaddāni appanigghosāni vijanavātāni manussarāhasseyyakāni paṭisallānasāruppāni, seyyathāpāhaṃ etarahī’”ti. > Or did they say that the Buddhas frequented remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest that are quiet and still, far from the madding crowd, remote from human settlements, and fit for retreat, like I do these days?” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.10) “Sutaṃ metaṃ, bhante. Paribbājakānaṃ vuḍḍhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ: > “I have heard that wanderers of the past who were elderly and senior, said that > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.11) ‘ye te ahesuṃ atītamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, na evaṃ su te bhagavanto saṅgamma samāgamma unnādino uccāsaddamahāsaddā anekavihitaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti. > when the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas of the past came together, they didn’t make an uproar, > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.12) Seyyathidaṃ—rājakathaṃ corakathaṃ …pe… itibhavābhavakathaṃ iti vā, ### [21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.13) seyyathāpāhaṃ etarahi sācariyako. > like I do in my denomination these days. > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.14) Evaṃ su te bhagavanto araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevanti appasaddāni appanigghosāni vijanavātāni manussarāhasseyyakāni paṭisallānasāruppāni, seyyathāpi bhagavā etarahī’”ti. > They said that the Buddhas of the past frequented remote lodgings in the wilderness, like the Buddha does these days.” > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.15) “Tassa te, nigrodha, viññussa sato mahallakassa na etadahosi: > “Nigrodha, you are a sensible and mature man. Did it not occur to you: > — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā ### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.16) ‘buddho so bhagavā bodhāya dhammaṃ deseti, danto so bhagavā damathāya dhammaṃ deseti, santo so bhagavā samathāya dhammaṃ deseti, tiṇṇo so bhagavā taraṇāya dhammaṃ deseti, parinibbuto so bhagavā parinibbānāya dhammaṃ desetī’”ti? > ‘The Blessed One is awakened, tamed, serene, crossed over, and quenched. And he teaches Dhamma for awakening, taming, serenity, crossing over, and extinguishment’?” > — 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.21.1) — sr - [Das Löwengebrüll im Kloster der Dame Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~de-sabbamitta.21.1) — German - [The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~en-sujato.21.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.76) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.104.59) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.8.52) — Classical Chinese - [尼拘陀梵志經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.nyagrodhasutra*zh-danapala.2.28) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.1-16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.21.1-16) · Pramāṇa