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# Lakkhanasutta 1.4.1

Lakkhaṇasutta 1.4.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30.1.4.1)

Yampi, bhikkhave, tathāgato purimaṃ jātiṃ purimaṃ bhavaṃ purimaṃ niketaṃ pubbe manussabhūto samāno daḷhasamādāno ahosi kusalesu dhammesu, avatthitasamādāno kāyasucarite vacīsucarite manosucarite dānasaṃvibhāge sīlasamādāne uposathupavāse matteyyatāya petteyyatāya sāmaññatāya brahmaññatāya kule jeṭṭhāpacāyitāya aññataraññataresu ca adhikusalesu dhammesu.

> In some past lives, past existences, past abodes the Realized One was reborn as a human being. He firmly and persistently undertook skillful behaviors such as good conduct by way of body, speech, and mind, giving and sharing, taking precepts, observing the sabbath, paying due respect to mother and father, ascetics and brahmins, honoring the elders in the family, and various other things pertaining to skillful behaviors.  
> — The Marks of a Great Man

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## Translations (3)

- [Govor o obeležjima](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~sr-brankokovacevic.1.4.1) — sr
- [The Marks of a Great Man](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~en-sujato.1.4.1) — English
- [Die Kennzeichen eines großen Mannes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.30~de-sabbamitta.1.4.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.30.201) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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