[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) › [Mahasihanadasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8) › 23.8 # Mahasihanadasutta 23.8 Mahāsīhanādasutta 23.8 - **Language:** Pāli ### [23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.23.8) Seyyathāpi, bhante, nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṃ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. > As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, so too the Buddha has made the teaching clear in many ways. > — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa - [Previous: 23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.23.7) - [Next: 23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.23.9) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.23) ## Translations (3) - [The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-sujato.23.8) — English - [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.23.8) — German - [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.23.8) — sr ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.25.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.23.8) · Pramāṇa