[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) › [Vatthasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7) › 7.2 # Vatthasutta 7.2 Vatthasutta 7.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.7.2) ‘suppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, ujuppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, ñāyappaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, sāmīcippaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, yadidaṃ cattāri purisayugāni, aṭṭha purisapuggalā. Esa bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo, anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassā’ti. > ‘The Saṅgha of the Buddha’s disciples is practicing the way that’s good, direct, systematic, and proper. It consists of the four pairs, the eight individual persons. This is the Saṅgha of the Buddha’s disciples that is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.’ > — The Simile of the Cloth - [Previous: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.7.1) - [Next: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.8.1) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.7) ## Translations (7) - [Mowa o szacie](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~pl-hardao.7.2) — pl - [Il discorso sulla similitudine del panno](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~it-giovannizappa.7.2) — Italian - [Palyginimas su drobe](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~lt-piyadassi.7.2) — lt - [Das Gleichnis vom Tuch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~de-sabbamitta.7.2) — German - [Пример с тканью](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~ru-sv.7.2) — Russian - [Poređenje sa tkaninom](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~sr-brankokovacevic.7.2) — sr - [The Simile of the Cloth](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7~en-sujato.7.2) — English ## Linked texts (2) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.93.6) — Classical Chinese - [梵志計水淨經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.vastrasutra*zh-t51.1.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.7.7.2) · Pramāṇa