Dear Tenphel,

They occur in AN 4:179 (AN II 167) and DN 16 (DN II 72).

With metta,
John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "ngawangtemphel" <lotsawanet@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Dhamma Friends,
>
> I was reading about what is called the "Four great appeals to authority" (caturmahapadesa), which defines and allows Buddhavacana to be teachings spoken by:
>
> *The Buddha himself
> *A Sangha of Elders
> *A group of specialists in either the suttas, vinaya or matrkas
> * A single specialist in one of these three areas
>
> The author says that these "Four Appeals" appear in the Digha Nikaya and Anuttara Nikaya as part of the Buddha's final instructions.
>
> Is this information correct? If so, in which texts this statements by Buddha appear?
>
> Thank you very much for any clarification,
> tenphel
>