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# Pasadikasutta 20.8

Pāsādikasutta 20.8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.20.8)

So neva ussādetabbo na apasādetabbo; anussādetvā anapasādetvā sveva sādhukaṃ saññāpetabbo tesaññeva byañjanānaṃ nisantiyā.

> Without flattering or rebuking, you should carefully persuade them by examining that phrasing.  
> — An Impressive Discourse

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## Translations (3)

- [Divan govor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~sr-brankokovacevic.20.8) — sr
- [Eine beeindruckende Lehrrede](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~de-sabbamitta.20.8) — German
- [An Impressive Discourse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~en-sujato.20.8) — English

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