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### [34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.6) Te ce me evaṃ puṭṭhā ‘āmā’ti paṭijānanti. > And they answer, ‘Yes’. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.7) Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: > I say to them, > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.8) ‘api pana tumhe āyasmanto ekantasukhaṃ lokaṃ jānaṃ passaṃ viharathā’ti? > ‘But do you meditate knowing and seeing an absolutely happy world?’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.9) Iti puṭṭhā ‘no’ti vadanti. > Asked this, they say, ‘No.’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.10) Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: > I say to them, > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.11) ‘api pana tumhe āyasmanto ekaṃ vā rattiṃ ekaṃ vā divasaṃ upaḍḍhaṃ vā rattiṃ upaḍḍhaṃ vā divasaṃ ekantasukhiṃ attānaṃ sañjānāthā’ti? > ‘But have you perceived an absolutely happy self for a single day or night, or even half a day or night?’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.12) Iti puṭṭhā ‘no’ti vadanti. > Asked this, they say, ‘No.’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.13) Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: > I say to them, > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.14) ‘api pana tumhe āyasmanto jānātha: > ‘But do you know > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.15) “ayaṃ maggo ayaṃ paṭipadā ekantasukhassa lokassa sacchikiriyāyā”’ti? > a path and a practice to realize an absolutely happy world?’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.16) Iti puṭṭhā ‘no’ti vadanti. > Asked this, they say, ‘No.’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.17) Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: > I say to them, > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.18) ‘api pana tumhe āyasmanto yā tā devatā ekantasukhaṃ lokaṃ upapannā, tāsaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ saddaṃ suṇātha: > ‘But have you ever heard the voice of the deities reborn in an absolutely happy world saying, > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.19) “suppaṭipannāttha, mārisā, ujuppaṭipannāttha, mārisā, ekantasukhassa lokassa sacchikiriyāya; > “Practice well, good fellows, practice directly so as to realize an absolutely happy world. > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.20) mayampi hi, mārisā, evaṃpaṭipannā ekantasukhaṃ lokaṃ upapannā”’ti? > For this is how we practiced, and we were reborn in an absolutely happy world”?’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.21) Iti puṭṭhā ‘no’ti vadanti. > Asked this, they say, ‘No.’ > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.22) Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, poṭṭhapāda, > What do you think, Poṭṭhapāda? > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.23) nanu evaṃ sante tesaṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatī”ti? > This being so, doesn’t what they say turn out to have no demonstrable basis?” > — With Poṭṭhapāda ### [34.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.24) “Addhā kho, bhante, evaṃ sante tesaṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatī”ti. > “Clearly that’s the case, sir.” > — With Poṭṭhapāda ## Translations (3) - [Razgovor sa Poṭṭhapādom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~sr-brankokovacevic.34.1) — sr - [Mit Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~de-sabbamitta.34.1) — German - [With Poṭṭhapāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9~en-sujato.34.1) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.28.43) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.1-24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.9.34.1-24) · Pramāṇa