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# Mahagopalakasutta 20.2

Mahāgopālakasutta 20.2

- **Language:** Pāli

### [20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33.20.2)

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī.

> When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.  
> — The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd

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## Translations (5)

- [Большое наставление о пастухе](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~ru-sv.20.2) — Russian
- [The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~en-sujato.20.2) — English
- [Die längere Lehrrede über den Kuhhirten](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~de-sabbamitta.20.2) — German
- [Il discorso più lungo sul mandriano](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~it-giovannizappa.20.2) — Italian
- [Dugi govor o govedaru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.33~sr-brankokovacevic.20.2) — sr

## Linked texts (3)

- [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.1249.17) — Classical Chinese
- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.49.1.25) — Classical Chinese
- [佛說放牛經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.pratityasamutpadadivibhanganirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.1.8) — Classical Chinese

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