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# Mahasihanadasutta 16.6

Mahāsīhanādasutta 16.6

- **Language:** Pāli

### [16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.16.6)

‘dukkaraṃ sāmaññaṃ dukkaraṃ brahmaññan’ti.

> it’s hard to be a true ascetic or brahmin.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

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## Translations (4)

- [The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-sujato.16.6) — English
- [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.16.6) — German
- [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.16.6) — sr
- [Kassapa Sihanada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-rhysdavids.1.16) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.25.17) — Classical Chinese

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