[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) › 26.3 # With Kūṭadanta 26.3 Kūṭadantasutta 26.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.26.3) “Katamo pana so, bho gotama, yañño imāya ca tividhāya yaññasampadāya soḷasaparikkhārāya iminā ca niccadānena anukulayaññena iminā ca vihāradānena imehi ca saraṇagamanehi 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 all these four?’ > ‘When a man with trusting heart takes upon himself the precepts—abstinence from destroying life; abstinence from taking what has not been given abstinence from evil; conduct in respect of lusts; abstinence from lying words; abstinence from strong, intoxicating, maddening drinks, the root of carelessness—that is a sacrifice better than open largesse, better than perpetual alms, better than the gift of dwelling places, better than accepting guidance.’ > — Kutadanta Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) - [Previous: 26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.26.2) - [Next: 26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.26.4) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.26) ## Translations (3) - [ကူဋဒန္တသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~my-myteam.26.3) — Burmese - [Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~sr-brankokovacevic.26.3) — sr - [Kutadanta Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~en-rhysdavids.1.26) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.23.64) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.26.3) · Pramāṇa