[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) › [Kukkuravatikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57) › 5.3 # Kukkuravatikasutta 5.3 Kukkuravatikasutta 5.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57.5.3) Sace kho panassa evaṃdiṭṭhi hoti: ‘imināhaṃ sīlena vā vatena vā tapena vā brahmacariyena vā devo vā bhavissāmi devaññataro vā’ti, sāssa hoti micchādiṭṭhi. > But if they have such a view: ‘By this precept or observance or fervent austerity or spiritual practice, may I become one of the gods!’ This is their wrong view. > — The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57.5.2) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57.5.4) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57.5) ## Translations (6) - [Der Asket, der sich wie ein Hund benahm](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57~de-sabbamitta.5.3) — German - [Šuns įžadai](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57~lt-piyadassi.5.3) — lt - [The Ascetic Who Behaved Like a Dog](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57~en-sujato.5.3) — English - [Il discorso dell’asceta che si comportava come un cane](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57~it-giovannizappa.5.3) — Italian - [Практик собачьей аскезы](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57~ru-sv.5.3) — Russian - [Asketa psećeg zaveta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57~sr-brankokovacevic.5.3) — sr --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.57.5.3) · Pramāṇa