[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) › 9.8 # Advice from Nandaka 9.8 Nandakovādasutta 9.8 - **Language:** Pāli ### [9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.8) “Amussa hi, bhante, telappadīpassa jhāyato telampi aniccaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ, vaṭṭipi aniccā vipariṇāmadhammā, accipi aniccā vipariṇāmadhammā; > Because that oil lamp’s oil, wick, and flame are all impermanent and perishable, > — Advice from Nandaka - [Previous: 9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.7) - [Next: 9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.9) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9) ## Translations (4) - [Il discorso sul consiglio di Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~it-giovannizappa.9.8) — Italian - [Advice from Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~en-sujato.9.8) — English - [Nandakas Unterweisung](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~de-sabbamitta.9.8) — German - [Совет от Нандаки](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~ru-sv.9.8) — Russian ## Linked texts (1) - [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.276.48) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.8) · Pramāṇa