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# Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika 4.4

Ambalaṭṭhikarāhulovādasutta 4.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61.4.4)

“Evaṃ chaḍḍitaṃ kho, rāhula, tesaṃ sāmaññaṃ yesaṃ natthi sampajānamusāvāde lajjā”ti.

> “That’s how the ascetic’s nature is discarded in those who are not ashamed to tell a deliberate lie.”  
> — Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika

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## Translations (6)

- [Die Unterweisung Rāhulas bei Ambalaṭṭhika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~de-sabbamitta.4.4) — German
- [Il discorso sui consigli a Rāhula ad Ambalaṭṭhika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~it-giovannizappa.4.4) — Italian
- [Patarimas Rahulai Ambalatthikoje](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~lt-piyadassi.4.4) — lt
- [Advice to Rāhula at Ambalaṭṭhika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~en-sujato.4.4) — English
- [Совет Рахуле у Амбалаттхики](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~ru-sv.4.4) — Russian
- [Savet Rāhuli u Ambalaṭṭhiki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.61~sr-brankokovacevic.4.4) — sr

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.14.8) — 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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