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# Pasadikasutta 31.4

Pāsādikasutta 31.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.31.4)

‘na hetaṃ, āvuso, atthasaṃhitaṃ na dhammasaṃhitaṃ na ādibrahmacariyakaṃ na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṃvattati, tasmā taṃ bhagavatā abyākatan’ti.

> ‘Because it’s not beneficial or relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. That’s why it hasn’t been declared by the Buddha.’  
> — An Impressive Discourse

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## Translations (3)

- [Divan govor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~sr-brankokovacevic.31.4) — sr
- [Eine beeindruckende Lehrrede](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~de-sabbamitta.31.4) — German
- [An Impressive Discourse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~en-sujato.31.4) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.17.27) — Classical Chinese

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