[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [With Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3) › 2.4 # With Ambaṭṭha 2.4 Ambaṭṭhasutta 2.4 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.1) Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha, > What do you think, Ambaṭṭha? > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.2) api nu tvaṃ imāya anuttarāya vijjācaraṇasampadāya sandissasi sācariyako”ti? > Is this supreme knowledge and conduct seen in your own denomination?” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.3) “No hidaṃ, bho gotama. > “No, worthy Gotama. > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.4) Kocāhaṃ, bho gotama, sācariyako, kā ca anuttarā vijjācaraṇasampadā? > Who am I and my denomination compared with the supreme knowledge and conduct? > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.5) Ārakāhaṃ, bho gotama, anuttarāya vijjācaraṇasampadāya sācariyako”ti. > We are far from that.” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.6) “Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha, > “What do you think, Ambaṭṭha? > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.7) api nu tvaṃ imañceva anuttaraṃ vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno khārividhamādāya araññavanamajjhogāhasi sācariyako: > Since you’re not managing to obtain this supreme knowledge and conduct, have you with your denomination plunged into a wilderness region carrying your pack with a shoulder-pole, thinking > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.8) ‘pavattaphalabhojano bhavissāmī’”ti? > you will get by eating fallen fruit?” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.9) “No hidaṃ, bho gotama”. > “No, worthy Gotama.” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.10) “Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha, > “What do you think, Ambaṭṭha? > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.11) api nu tvaṃ imañceva anuttaraṃ vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno pavattaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno kudālapiṭakaṃ ādāya araññavanamajjhogāhasi sācariyako: > Have you with your denomination … plunged into a wilderness region carrying a spade and basket, thinking > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.12) ‘kandamūlaphalabhojano bhavissāmī’”ti? > you will get by eating tubers and fruit?” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.13) “No hidaṃ, bho gotama”. > “No, worthy Gotama.” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.14) “Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha, > “What do you think, Ambaṭṭha? > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.15) api nu tvaṃ imañceva anuttaraṃ vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno pavattaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno kandamūlaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno gāmasāmantaṃ vā nigamasāmantaṃ vā agyāgāraṃ karitvā aggiṃ paricaranto acchasi sācariyako”ti? > Have you with your denomination … set up a fire chamber in the neighborhood of a village or town and dwelt there serving the sacred flame?” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.16) “No hidaṃ, bho gotama”. > “No, worthy Gotama.” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.17) “Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha, > “What do you think, Ambaṭṭha? > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.18) api nu tvaṃ imañceva anuttaraṃ vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno pavattaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno kandamūlaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno aggipāricariyañca anabhisambhuṇamāno cātumahāpathe catudvāraṃ agāraṃ karitvā acchasi sācariyako: > Have you with your denomination … set up a four-doored fire chamber at the crossroads and dwelt there, thinking: > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.19) ‘yo imāhi catūhi disāhi āgamissati samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā, taṃ mayaṃ yathāsatti yathābalaṃ paṭipūjessāmā’”ti? > ‘When an ascetic or brahmin comes from the four quarters, I will honor them as best I can’?” > — With Ambaṭṭha ### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4.20) “No hidaṃ, bho gotama”. > “No, worthy Gotama.” > — With Ambaṭṭha ## Translations (5) - [အမ္ဗဋ္ဌသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~my-myteam.2.4.1) — Burmese - [Mit Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~de-sabbamitta.2.4.1) — German - [With Ambaṭṭha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~en-sujato.2.4.1) — English - [Razgovor sa Ambaṭṭhom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~sr-brankokovacevic.2.4.1) — sr - [Ambattha Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3~en-rhysdavids.2.16.3) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.3.281-282) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.20.84) — Classical Chinese - [佛開解梵志阿颰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.ambasthasutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.44) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.2.4) · Pramāṇa