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# With Kūṭadanta 29.1-7

Kūṭadantasutta 29.1-7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.29.1)

Atha kho bhagavā kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa anupubbiṃ kathaṃ kathesi, seyyathidaṃ—

> Then the Buddha taught Kūṭadanta step by step, with  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.29.2)

dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ saggakathaṃ; kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṅkilesaṃ nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi.

> a talk on giving, ethical conduct, and heaven. He revealed the drawbacks of sensual pleasures, so sordid and corrupt, and the benefit of renunciation.  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.29.3)

Yadā bhagavā aññāsi kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ kallacittaṃ muducittaṃ vinīvaraṇacittaṃ udaggacittaṃ pasannacittaṃ, atha yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā dhammadesanā, taṃ pakāsesi—

> And when he knew that Kūṭadanta’s mind was ready, pliable, rid of hindrances, elated, and confident he revealed the special teaching of the Buddhas:  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.29.4)

dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ.

> suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.29.5)

Seyyathāpi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagatakāḷakaṃ sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭiggaṇheyya;

> Just as a clean cloth rid of stains would properly absorb dye,  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.29.6)

evameva kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa tasmiññeva āsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhammacakkhuṃ udapādi:

> in that very seat the stainless, immaculate vision of the Dhamma arose in the brahmin Kūṭadanta:  
> — With Kūṭadanta

### [29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.29.7)

“yaṃ kiñci samudayadhammaṃ sabbaṃ taṃ nirodhadhamman”ti.

> “Everything that is liable to arise is liable to cease.”  
> — With Kūṭadanta

## Translations (5)

- [ကူဋဒန္တသုတ်](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~my-myteam.29.1) — Burmese
- [Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~sr-brankokovacevic.29.1) — sr
- [Mit Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~de-sabbamitta.29.1) — German
- [With Kūṭadanta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~en-sujato.29.1) — English
- [Kutadanta Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5~en-rhysdavids.1.29) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.23.76) — Classical Chinese

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