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# Advice from Nandaka 4.1-12

Nandakovādasutta 4.1-12

- **Language:** Pāli

### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.1)

Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ nandakaṃ āmantesi:

> Then the Buddha said to Nandaka,  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.2)

“ovada, nandaka, bhikkhuniyo;

> “Nandaka, please advise  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.3)

anusāsa, nandaka, bhikkhuniyo;

> and instruct the nuns.  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.4)

karohi tvaṃ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhunīnaṃ dhammiṃ kathan”ti.

> Please, brahmin, give the nuns a Dhamma talk.”  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.5)

“Evaṃ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā nandako bhagavato paṭissutvā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.

> “Yes, sir,” replied Nandaka. Then, in the morning, he robed up and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms.  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.6)

Sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto attadutiyo yena rājakārāmo tenupasaṅkami.

> He wandered for alms in Sāvatthī. After the meal, on his return from almsround, he went to the Royal Monastery with a companion.  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.7)

Addasaṃsu kho tā bhikkhuniyo āyasmantaṃ nandakaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ.

> Those nuns saw him coming off in the distance,  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.8)

Disvāna āsanaṃ paññāpesuṃ, udakañca pādānaṃ upaṭṭhapesuṃ.

> so they spread out a seat and placed water for washing the feet.  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.9)

Nisīdi kho āyasmā nandako paññatte āsane.

> Nandaka sat down on the seat spread out,  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.10)

Nisajja pāde pakkhālesi.

> and washed his feet.  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.11)

Tāpi kho bhikkhuniyo āyasmantaṃ nandakaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu.

> Those nuns bowed, and sat down to one side.  
> — Advice from Nandaka

### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.4.12)

Ekamantaṃ nisinnā kho tā bhikkhuniyo āyasmā nandako etadavoca:

> Nandaka said to them,  
> — Advice from Nandaka

## Translations (4)

- [Il discorso sul consiglio di Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~it-giovannizappa.4.1) — Italian
- [Advice from Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~en-sujato.4.1) — English
- [Nandakas Unterweisung](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~de-sabbamitta.4.1) — German
- [Совет от Нандаки](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~ru-sv.4.1) — Russian

## Linked texts (1)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.276.12) — Classical Chinese

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