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# Mahasihanadasutta 7.1-3

Mahāsīhanādasutta 7.1-3

- **Language:** Pāli

### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.7.1)

Aparampi no, kassapa, viññū samanuyuñjantaṃ samanugāhantaṃ samanubhāsantaṃ satthārā vā satthāraṃ saṅghena vā saṅghaṃ:

> In addition, sensible people, pursuing, pressing, and grilling, would compare teacher with teacher or community with community:  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.7.2)

‘ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā kusalā kusalasaṅkhātā, anavajjā anavajjasaṅkhātā, sevitabbā sevitabbasaṅkhātā, alamariyā alamariyasaṅkhātā, sukkā sukkasaṅkhātā.

> ‘There are things that are skillful, blameless, worth cultivating, worthy of the noble ones, and bright—and are reckoned as such.  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8.7.3)

Ko ime dhamme anavasesaṃ samādāya vattati, samaṇo vā gotamo, pare vā pana bhonto gaṇācariyā’ti?

> Who proceeds having totally undertaken these things: the ascetic Gotama, or the tutors of other communities?’  
> — The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa

## Translations (4)

- [The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-sujato.7.1) — English
- [Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~de-sabbamitta.7.1) — German
- [Dugi govor o lavljem riku](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~sr-brankokovacevic.7.1) — sr
- [Kassapa Sihanada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.8~en-rhysdavids.1.7) — English

## Linked texts (1)

- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.25.8) — Classical Chinese

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