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# Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika 2.1-7

Ambalaṭṭhikarāhulovādasutta 2.1-7

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61.2.1)

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā rāhulo ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ viharati.

> Now at that time Venerable Rāhula was staying at Ambalaṭṭhikā.  
> — Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61.2.2)

Atha kho bhagavā sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena ambalaṭṭhikā yenāyasmā rāhulo tenupasaṅkami.

> Then in the late afternoon, the Buddha came out of retreat and went to Ambalaṭṭhika to see Venerable Rāhula.  
> — Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61.2.3)

Addasā kho āyasmā rāhulo bhagavantaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ.

> Rāhula saw the Buddha coming off in the distance.  
> — Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61.2.4)

Disvāna āsanaṃ paññāpesi, udakañca pādānaṃ.

> He spread out a seat and placed water for washing the feet.  
> — Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61.2.5)

Nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane.

> The Buddha sat down on the seat spread out,  
> — Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61.2.6)

Nisajja pāde pakkhālesi.

> and washed his feet.  
> — Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61.2.7)

Āyasmāpi kho rāhulo bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

> Rāhula bowed to the Buddha and sat down to one side.  
> — Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

## Translations (6)

- [Die Unterweisung Rāhulas bei Ambalaṭṭhika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~de-sabbamitta.2.1) — German
- [Il discorso sui consigli a Rāhula ad Ambalaṭṭhika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~it-giovannizappa.2.1) — Italian
- [Patarimas Rahulai Ambalatthikoje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~lt-piyadassi.2.1) — lt
- [Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~en-sujato.2.1) — English
- [Совет Рахуле у Амбалаттхики](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~ru-sv.2.1) — Russian
- [Savet Rāhuli u Ambalaṭṭhiki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~sr-brankokovacevic.2.1) — sr

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.14.4) — Classical Chinese
- [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.3.92) — Classical Chinese

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