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# Sampasadaniyasutta 1.1-19

Sampasādanīyasutta 1.1-19

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.1)

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—

> So I have heard.  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.2)

ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā nāḷandāyaṃ viharati pāvārikambavane.

> At one time the Buddha was staying near Nāḷandā in Pāvārika’s Mango Grove.  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.3)

Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> Then Sāriputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.4)

“evaṃpasanno ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavati, na cāhu na ca bhavissati na cetarahi vijjati añño samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā bhagavatā bhiyyobhiññataro yadidaṃ sambodhiyan”ti.

> “Sir, I have such confidence in the Buddha that I believe there’s no other ascetic or brahmin—whether past, future, or present—whose direct knowledge is superior to the Buddha when it comes to awakening.”  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.5)

“Uḷārā kho te ayaṃ, sāriputta, āsabhī vācā bhāsitā, ekaṃso gahito, sīhanādo nadito:

> “That’s a grand and bold statement, Sāriputta. You’ve roared a definitive, categorical lion’s roar, saying:  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.6)

‘evaṃpasanno ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavati;

> ‘I have such confidence in the Buddha that  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.7)

na cāhu na ca bhavissati na cetarahi vijjati añño samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā bhagavatā bhiyyobhiññataro yadidaṃ sambodhiyan’ti.

> I believe there’s no other ascetic or brahmin—whether past, future, or present—whose direct knowledge is superior to the Buddha when it comes to awakening.’  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.8)

Kiṃ te, sāriputta, ye te ahesuṃ atītamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, sabbe te bhagavanto cetasā ceto paricca viditā:

> What about all the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas who lived in the past? Have you encompassed their minds to know that  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.9)

‘evaṃsīlā te bhagavanto ahesuṃ itipi, evaṃdhammā te bhagavanto ahesuṃ itipi, evaṃpaññā te bhagavanto ahesuṃ itipi, evaṃvihārī te bhagavanto ahesuṃ itipi, evaṃvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṃ itipī’”ti?

> those Buddhas had such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?”  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.10)

“No hetaṃ, bhante”.

> “No, sir.”  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.11)

“Kiṃ pana te, sāriputta, ye te bhavissanti anāgatamaddhānaṃ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, sabbe te bhagavanto cetasā ceto paricca viditā:

> “And what about all the perfected ones, the fully awakened Buddhas who will live in the future? Have you encompassed their minds to know that  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.12)

‘evaṃsīlā te bhagavanto bhavissanti itipi, evaṃdhammā … evaṃpaññā … evaṃvihārī … evaṃvimuttā te bhagavanto bhavissanti itipī’”ti?

> those Buddhas will have such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?”  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.13)

“No hetaṃ, bhante”.

> “No, sir.”  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.14)

“Kiṃ pana te, sāriputta, ahaṃ etarahi arahaṃ sammāsambuddho cetasā ceto paricca vidito:

> “And what about me, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha at present? Have you encompassed my mind to know that  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.15)

‘evaṃsīlo bhagavā itipi, evaṃdhammo … evaṃpañño … evaṃvihārī … evaṃvimutto bhagavā itipī’”ti?

> I have such ethics, or such qualities, or such wisdom, or such meditation, or such freedom?”  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.16)

“No hetaṃ, bhante”.

> “No, sir.”  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.17)

“Ettha ca hi te, sāriputta, atītānāgatapaccuppannesu arahantesu sammāsambuddhesu cetopariyañāṇaṃ natthi.

> “In that case, Sāriputta, given that you don’t encompass the minds of Buddhas past, future, or present,  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.18)

Atha kiṃ carahi te ayaṃ, sāriputta, uḷārā āsabhī vācā bhāsitā, ekaṃso gahito, sīhanādo nadito:

> what then are you doing, making such a grand and bold statement, roaring such a definitive, categorical lion’s roar?”  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.1.19)

‘evaṃpasanno ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavati, na cāhu na ca bhavissati na cetarahi vijjati añño samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā bhagavatā bhiyyobhiññataro yadidaṃ sambodhiyan’”ti?

## Translations (3)

- [Ono što uliva poverenje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr
- [Inspiring Confidence](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28~en-sujato.1.1) — English
- [Zuversicht wecken](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.28.141) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.18.2) — Classical Chinese
- [信佛功德經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.prasadaniyasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.2) — Classical Chinese

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