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# Sampasadaniyasutta 11.1-4

Sampasādanīyasutta 11.1-4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.11.1)

Aparaṃ pana, bhante, etadānuttariyaṃ, yathā bhagavā dhammaṃ deseti bhassasamācāre.

> And moreover, sir, how the Buddha teaches behavior in speech is unsurpassable.  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.11.2)

Idha, bhante, ekacco na ceva musāvādupasañhitaṃ vācaṃ bhāsati na ca vebhūtiyaṃ na ca pesuṇiyaṃ na ca sārambhajaṃ jayāpekkho;

> It’s when someone doesn’t use speech that’s connected with lying, or divisive, or backbiting, or aggressively trying to win.  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.11.3)

mantā mantā ca vācaṃ bhāsati nidhānavatiṃ kālena.

> They speak only wise counsel, valuable and timely.  
> — Inspiring Confidence

### [11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28.11.4)

Etadānuttariyaṃ, bhante, bhassasamācāre.

> This is unsurpassable when it comes to behavior in speech.  
> — Inspiring Confidence

## Translations (3)

- [Ono što uliva poverenje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28~sr-brankokovacevic.11.1) — sr
- [Inspiring Confidence](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28~en-sujato.11.1) — English
- [Zuversicht wecken](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.28~de-sabbamitta.11.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.28.153) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.18.19) — Classical Chinese

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