[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) › [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) › [The Great Book](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5) › [Maggasaṃyutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45) › [Upaddhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2) › 1.1-4 # Upaddhasutta 1.1-4 Upaḍḍhasutta 1.1-4 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2.1.1) Evaṃ me sutaṃ— > So I have heard. > — Half the Spiritual Life ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2.1.2) ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakyesu viharati nagarakaṃ nāma sakyānaṃ nigamo. > At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, where they have a town named Townsville. > — Half the Spiritual Life ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2.1.3) Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: > Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: > — Half the Spiritual Life ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2.1.4) “upaḍḍhamidaṃ, bhante, brahmacariyaṃ, yadidaṃ—kalyāṇamittatā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasampavaṅkatā”ti. > “Sir, good friends, companions, and associates are half the spiritual life.” > — Half the Spiritual Life ## Translations (5) - [Mowa o połowie](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2~pl-hardao.1.1) — pl - [Half the Spiritual Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2~en-sujato.1.1) — English - [Das halbe geistliche Leben](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German - [2. Pusė švento gyvenimo](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2~lt-piyadassi.1.1) — lt - [Polovina (svetačkog života)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr ## Linked texts (1) - [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.726.2) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2.1.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.5.45.2.1.1-4) · Pramāṇa