[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 Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4) › 21.1-12 # With Soṇadaṇḍa 21.1-12 Soṇadaṇḍasutta 21.1-12 - **Language:** Pāli ### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.1) “Imesaṃ pana, brāhmaṇa, dvinnaṃ aṅgānaṃ sakkā ekaṃ aṅgaṃ ṭhapayitvā ekena aṅgena samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ paññapetuṃ; > “But brahmin, is it possible to set aside one of these two factors and still rightly describe someone as a brahmin?” > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.2) ‘brāhmaṇosmī’ti ca vadamāno sammā vadeyya, na ca pana musāvādaṃ āpajjeyyā”ti? ### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.3) “No hidaṃ, bho gotama. > “No, worthy Gotama. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.4) Sīlaparidhotā hi, bho gotama, paññā; paññāparidhotaṃ sīlaṃ. > For wisdom is cleansed by ethics, and ethics are cleansed by wisdom. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.5) Yattha sīlaṃ tattha paññā, yattha paññā tattha sīlaṃ. > Ethics and wisdom always go together. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.6) Sīlavato paññā, paññavato sīlaṃ. > An ethical person is wise, and a wise person ethical. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.7) Sīlapaññāṇañca pana lokasmiṃ aggamakkhāyati. > And ethics and wisdom are said to be the best things in the world. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.8) Seyyathāpi, bho gotama, hatthena vā hatthaṃ dhoveyya, pādena vā pādaṃ dhoveyya; > It’s just like when you clean one hand with the other, or clean one foot with the other. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.9) evameva kho, bho gotama, sīlaparidhotā paññā, paññāparidhotaṃ sīlaṃ. > In the same way, wisdom is cleansed by ethics, and ethics are cleansed by wisdom. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.10) Yattha sīlaṃ tattha paññā, yattha paññā tattha sīlaṃ. > Ethics and wisdom always go together. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.11) Sīlavato paññā, paññavato sīlaṃ. > An ethical person is wise, and a wise person ethical. > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.12) Sīlapaññāṇañca pana lokasmiṃ aggamakkhāyatī”ti. > And ethics and wisdom are said to be the best things in the world.” > — With Soṇadaṇḍa ## Translations (4) - [Razgovor sa Soṇadaṇḍom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~sr-brankokovacevic.21.1) — sr - [With Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~en-sujato.21.1) — English - [Mit Soṇadaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~de-sabbamitta.21.1) — German - [Sonadanda Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4~en-rhysdavids.1.21) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.4.317) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.22.41) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.1-12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.4.21.1-12) · Pramāṇa