[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) › [Advice from Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146) › 27.1-7 # Advice from Nandaka 27.1-7 Nandakovādasutta 27.1-7 - **Language:** Pāli ### [27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.1) Atha kho bhagavā acirapakkantīsu tāsu bhikkhunīsu bhikkhū āmantesi: > Soon after those nuns had left, the Buddha addressed the mendicants: > — Advice from Nandaka ### [27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.2) “seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, tadahuposathe pannarase na hoti bahuno janassa kaṅkhā vā vimati vā: > “Suppose, mendicants, it was the sabbath of the fifteenth day. You wouldn’t get lots of people > — Advice from Nandaka ### [27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.3) ‘ūno nu kho cando, puṇṇo nu kho cando’ti, atha kho puṇṇo cando tveva hoti; > wondering whether the moon is full or not, since it is obviously full. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.4) evameva kho, bhikkhave, tā bhikkhuniyo nandakassa dhammadesanāya attamanā ceva paripuṇṇasaṅkappā ca. > In the same way, those nuns were uplifted by Nandaka’s Dhamma teaching, and they got all they wished for. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.5) Tāsaṃ, bhikkhave, pañcannaṃ bhikkhunisatānaṃ yā pacchimikā bhikkhunī sā sotāpannā avinipātadhammā niyatā sambodhiparāyanā”ti. > Even the last of these five hundred nuns is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.” > — Advice from Nandaka ### [27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.6) Idamavoca bhagavā. > That is what the Buddha said. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.7) Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti. > Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said. > — Advice from Nandaka ## Translations (4) - [Il discorso sul consiglio di Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~it-giovannizappa.27.1) — Italian - [Advice from Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~en-sujato.27.1) — English - [Nandakas Unterweisung](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~de-sabbamitta.27.1) — German - [Совет от Нандаки](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~ru-sv.27.1) — Russian ## Linked texts (1) - [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.276.64) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.1-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.27.1-7) · Pramāṇa