[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 Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5) › 25.2 # With Kūṭadanta 25.2 Kūṭadantasutta 25.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.25.2) “Atthi kho, brāhmaṇa, añño yañño imāya ca tividhāya yaññasampadāya soḷasaparikkhārāya iminā ca niccadānena anukulayaññena iminā ca vihāradānena appaṭṭhataro ca appasamārambhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro cā”ti. > ‘And is there, O Gotama, any other sacrifice less difficult and less troublesome, of greater fruit and of greater advantage than each and all of these three?’ > ‘Yes, O Brahman, there is.’ > ‘And what, O Gotama, may that be?’ > He who with trusting heart takes a Buddha as his guide, and the Truth, and the Order—that is a sacrifice better than open largesse, better than perpetual alms, better than the gift to a dwelling place.’ > — Kutadanta Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) - [Previous: 25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.25.1) - [Next: 25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.25.3) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.25) ## Translations (3) - [ကူဋဒန္တသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~my-myteam.25.2) — Burmese - [Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~sr-brankokovacevic.25.2) — sr - [Kutadanta Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~en-rhysdavids.1.25) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.23.60) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.25.2) · Pramāṇa