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# Mahasihanadasutta 21.3

Mahāsīhanādasutta 21.3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.21.3)

Yāvatā, kassapa, ariyaṃ paramaṃ sīlaṃ, nāhaṃ tattha attano samasamaṃ samanupassāmi, kuto bhiyyo.

> But as far as the highest noble ethics goes, I don’t see anyone who’s my equal, still less my superior.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

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## Translations (3)

- [The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-sujato.21.3) — English
- [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.21.3) — German
- [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.21.3) — sr

## Linked texts (2)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.25.27) — Classical Chinese
- [Pāsādikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.29.35.11) — Pāli

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