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# Pasadikasutta 34.1-24

Pāsādikasutta 34.1-24

- **Language:** Pāli

### [34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.1)

Yepi te, cunda, pubbantasahagatā diṭṭhinissayā, tepi vo mayā byākatā, yathā te byākātabbā.

> Cunda, I have explained to you as they should be explained the views that some rely on regarding the first beginning.  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.2)

Yathā ca te na byākātabbā, kiṃ vo ahaṃ te tathā byākarissāmi?

> Shall I explain them to you in the wrong way?  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.3)

Yepi te, cunda, aparantasahagatā diṭṭhinissayā, tepi vo mayā byākatā, yathā te byākātabbā.

> I have explained to you as they should be explained the views that some rely on regarding the final end.  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.4)

Yathā ca te na byākātabbā, kiṃ vo ahaṃ te tathā byākarissāmi?

> Shall I explain them to you in the wrong way?  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.5)

Katame ca te, cunda, pubbantasahagatā diṭṭhinissayā, ye vo mayā byākatā, yathā te byākātabbā.

> What are the views that some rely on regarding the first beginning?  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.6)

Yathā ca te na byākātabbā, kiṃ vo ahaṃ te tathā byākarissāmi?

### [34.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.7)

Santi kho, cunda, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino:

> There are some ascetics and brahmins who have this doctrine and view:  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.8)

‘sassato attā ca loko ca, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti.

> ‘The self and the cosmos are eternal. This is the only truth, anything else is futile.’  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.9)

Santi pana, cunda, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino:

> There are some ascetics and brahmins who have this doctrine and view:  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.10)

‘asassato attā ca loko ca …pe…

> ‘The self and the cosmos are not eternal,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.11)

sassato ca asassato ca attā ca loko ca …

> or both eternal and not eternal,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.12)

neva sassato nāsassato attā ca loko ca …

> or neither eternal nor not eternal.  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.13)

sayaṅkato attā ca loko ca …

> The self and the cosmos are made by oneself,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.14)

paraṅkato attā ca loko ca …

> or made by another,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.15)

sayaṅkato ca paraṅkato ca attā ca loko ca …

> or made by both oneself and another,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.16)

asayaṅkāro aparaṅkāro adhiccasamuppanno attā ca loko ca, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti.

> or they have arisen anomalously, not made by oneself or another.  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.17)

‘Sassataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

> Pleasure and pain are eternal,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.18)

asassataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

> or not eternal,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.19)

sassatañca asassatañca sukhadukkhaṃ …

> or both eternal and not eternal,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.20)

nevasassataṃ nāsassataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

> or neither eternal nor not eternal.  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.21)

sayaṅkataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

> Pleasure and pain are made by oneself,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.22)

paraṅkataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

> or made by another,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.23)

sayaṅkatañca paraṅkatañca sukhadukkhaṃ …

> or made by both oneself and another,  
> — An Impressive Discourse

### [34.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.34.24)

asayaṅkāraṃ aparaṅkāraṃ adhiccasamuppannaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti.

> or they have arisen anomalously, not made by oneself or another. This is the only truth, anything else is futile.’  
> — An Impressive Discourse

## Translations (3)

- [Divan govor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~sr-brankokovacevic.34.1) — sr
- [Eine beeindruckende Lehrrede](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~de-sabbamitta.34.1) — German
- [An Impressive Discourse](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29~en-sujato.34.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.29.191) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [Udāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.udana.6.5.4.2) — Pāli
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.17.27) — Classical Chinese

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