[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) › [Singalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31) › 17.2 # Singalasutta 17.2 Siṅgālasutta 17.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.17.2) Atītena paṭisantharati, anāgatena paṭisantharati, niratthakena saṅgaṇhāti, paccuppannesu kiccesu byasanaṃ dasseti. > They’re hospitable in the past. They’re hospitable in the future. They’re full of meaningless pleasantries. When something needs doing in the present they point to their own misfortune. > — Advice to Sigālaka - [Previous: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.17.1) - [Next: 17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.17.3) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.17) ## Translations (6) - [Mowa do Siṅgāli](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~pl-hardao.17.2) — pl - [Наставление Сингале](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~ru-khantibalo.17.2) — Russian - [Apie Singalą](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~lt-piyadassi.17.2) — lt - [Savet Sigālaki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~sr-brankokovacevic.17.2) — sr - [Advice to Sigālaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~en-sujato.17.2) — English - [Die Unterweisung Sigālakas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31~de-sabbamitta.17.2) — German ## Linked texts (5) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.135.26) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.16.20) — Classical Chinese - [Upāsakajanālaṅkāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.manuals.upasakajanalankara.200) — Ānanda (Upāsakajanālaṅkāra), Pāli - [善生子經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.srgalavadasutra*zh-zhifadu.1.23) — Classical Chinese - [尸迦羅越六方禮經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.srgalavadasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.31.17.2) · Pramāṇa