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# The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī 25.4

Mahāsakuludāyisutta 25.4

- **Language:** Pāli

### [25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77.25.4)

Seyyathāpi, udāyi, dakkho nhāpako vā nhāpakantevāsī vā kaṃsathāle nhānīyacuṇṇāni ākiritvā udakena paripphosakaṃ paripphosakaṃ sanneyya, sāyaṃ nhānīyapiṇḍi snehānugatā snehaparetā santarabāhirā phuṭā snehena na ca pagghariṇī;

> It’s like when a deft bathroom attendant or their apprentice pours bath powder into a bronze dish, sprinkling it little by little with water. They knead it until the ball of bath powder is soaked and saturated with moisture, spread through inside and out; yet no moisture oozes out.  
> — The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī

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## Translations (4)

- [Die längere Lehrrede mit Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~de-sabbamitta.25.4) — German
- [The Longer Discourse with Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~en-sujato.25.4) — English
- [Il discorso più lungo con Sakuludāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~it-giovannizappa.25.4) — Italian
- [Большое наставление для Сакулудайина](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.77~ru-sv.25.4) — Russian

## Linked texts (5)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.207.25) — Classical Chinese
- [Sāmaññaphalasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.2.76.1) — Pāli
- [Subhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.10.2.14.1) — Pāli
- [Mahāassapurasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.39.15.4) — Pāli
- [Pañcaṅgikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.5.28.2.4) — Pāli

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