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# Pasarasisutta 16.7

Pāsarāsisutta 16.7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26.16.7)

So kho ahaṃ, bhikkhave, tāvatakeneva oṭṭhapahatamattena lapitalāpanamattena ñāṇavādañca vadāmi theravādañca, ‘jānāmi passāmī’ti ca paṭijānāmi ahañceva aññe ca.

> As far as lip-recital and verbal repetition went, I spoke the doctrine of knowledge, the elder doctrine. I claimed to know and see, and so did others.  
> — The Noble Quest

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## Translations (6)

- [การแสวงหาอันประเสริฐ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~th-dhiranandi.16.7) — Thai
- [The Noble Quest](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~en-sujato.16.7) — English
- [Die edle Suche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~de-sabbamitta.16.7) — German
- [Il discorso sulla ricerca nobile](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~it-giovannizappa.16.7) — Italian
- [Благородный поиск](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~ru-sv.16.7) — Russian
- [Govor o plemenitom traganju](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.26~sr-brankokovacevic.16.7) — sr

## Linked texts (4)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.204.18) — Classical Chinese
- [Bodhirājakumārasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.85.12.33) — Pāli
- [Mahāsaccakasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.36.15.7) — Pāli
- [Saṅgāravasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.100.11.7) — Pāli

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