[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) › [The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77) › 23.15 # The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī 23.15 Mahāsakuludāyisutta 23.15 - **Language:** Pāli ### [23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.15) Seyyathāpi nāma umāpupphaṃ nīlaṃ nīlavaṇṇaṃ nīlanidassanaṃ nīlanibhāsaṃ, seyyathā vā pana taṃ vatthaṃ bārāṇaseyyakaṃ ubhatobhāgavimaṭṭhaṃ nīlaṃ nīlavaṇṇaṃ nīlanidassanaṃ nīlanibhāsaṃ; > They’re like a flax flower that’s blue, with blue color and blue appearance. Or a cloth from Varanasi that’s smoothed on both sides, blue, with blue color and blue appearance. > — The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī - [Previous: 23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.14) - [Next: 23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.16) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23) ## Translations (5) - [Die längere Lehrrede mit Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~de-sabbamitta.23.15) — German - [The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~en-sujato.23.15) — English - [Il discorso più lungo con Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~it-giovannizappa.23.15) — Italian - [Большое наставление для Сакулудайина](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~ru-sv.23.15) — Russian - [Dugi govor Sakuludāyinu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~sr-brankokovacevic.23.15) — sr ## Linked texts (5) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.207.25) — Classical Chinese - [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.3.29.2) — Pāli - [Saṅgītisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.33.3.1.153) — Pāli - [Dasuttarasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.34.2.1.174) — Pāli - [Paṭhamakosalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.10.29.10.2) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.23.15) · Pramāṇa