[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) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [Mahadukkhakkhandhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13) › 31.2 # Mahadukkhakkhandhasutta 31.2 Mahādukkhakkhandhasutta 31.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13.31.2) Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā evaṃ rūpānaṃ assādañca assādato ādīnavañca ādīnavato nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṃ pajānanti te vata sāmaṃ vā rūpe parijānissanti paraṃ vā tathattāya samādapessanti yathā paṭipanno rūpe parijānissatīti—ṭhānametaṃ vijjati. > There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand forms’ gratification, drawback, and escape in this way for what they are. It is possible for them to completely understand forms themselves, or to instruct another so that, practicing accordingly, they will completely understand forms. > — The Longer Discourse on the Mass of Suffering - [Previous: 31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13.31.1) - [Next: 32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13.32.1) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13.31) ## Translations (6) - [Didžioji sutta apie kančios kalną](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13~lt-piyadassi.31.2) — lt - [Il discorso più lungo sulla massa di sofferenza](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13~it-giovannizappa.31.2) — Italian - [Die längere Lehrrede über die Masse des Leidens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13~de-sabbamitta.31.2) — German - [Dugi govor o okeanu patnje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13~sr-brankokovacevic.31.2) — sr - [Большое наставление о груде страданий](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13~ru-sv.31.2) — Russian - [The Longer Discourse on the Mass of Suffering](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13~en-sujato.31.2) — English ## Linked texts (3) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.21.9.41) — Classical Chinese - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.99.34) — Classical Chinese - [苦陰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.duhkhaskandhasutra*zh-t53.1.22) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.13.31.2) · Pramāṇa