Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kusinārāyaṃ viharati baliharaṇe vanasaṇḍe. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti. “Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca:

“Codakena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā paraṃ codetukāmena pañca dhamme ajjhattaṃ paccavekkhitvā pañca dhamme ajjhattaṃ upaṭṭhāpetvā paro codetabbo. Katame pañca dhammā ajjhattaṃ pacca­vek­khi­tabbā? Codakena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā paraṃ codetukāmena evaṃ pacca­vek­khi­tab­baṃ: ‘pari­suddha­kā­yasamā­cāro nu khomhi, pari­sud­dhenamhi kāyasamācārena samannāgato acchiddena appaṭimaṃsena. Saṃvijjati nu kho me eso dhammo udāhu no’ti? No ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pari­suddha­kā­yasamā­cāro hoti parisuddhena kāyasamācārena samannāgato acchiddena appaṭimaṃsena, tassa bhavanti vattāro: ‘iṅgha tāva āyasmā kāyikaṃ sikkhassū’ti, itissa bhavanti vattāro.

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, codakena bhikkhunā paraṃ codetukāmena evaṃ pacca­vek­khi­tab­baṃ: ‘pari­suddha­vacī­samā­cāro nu khomhi, pari­sud­dhenamhi vacīsamācārena samannāgato acchiddena appaṭimaṃsena. Saṃvijjati nu kho me eso dhammo udāhu no’ti? No ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pari­suddha­vacī­samā­cāro hoti parisuddhena vacīsamācārena samannāgato acchiddena appaṭimaṃsena, tassa bhavanti vattāro: ‘iṅgha tāva āyasmā vācasikaṃ sikkhassū’ti, itissa bhavanti vattāro.

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, codakena bhikkhunā paraṃ codetukāmena evaṃ pacca­vek­khi­tab­baṃ: ‘mettaṃ nu kho me cittaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ sabrahmacārīsu anāghātaṃ. Saṃvijjati nu kho me eso dhammo udāhu no’ti? No ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno mettaṃ cittaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ hoti sabrahmacārīsu anāghātaṃ, tassa bhavanti vattāro: ‘iṅgha tāva āyasmā sabrahmacārīsu mettaṃ cittaṃ upaṭṭhāpehī’ti, itissa bhavanti vattāro.

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, codakena bhikkhunā paraṃ codetukāmena evaṃ pacca­vek­khi­tab­baṃ: ‘bahussuto nu khomhi sutadharo sutasannicayo, ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pari­yosāna­kal­yāṇā sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevala­pari­puṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ abhivadanti, tathārūpā me dhammā bahussutā honti dhātā vacasā paricitā mana­sānu­pekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā. Saṃvijjati nu kho me eso dhammo udāhu no’ti? No ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bahussuto hoti sutadharo sutasannicayo, ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pari­yosāna­kal­yāṇā sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevala­pari­puṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ abhivadanti, tathārūpāssa dhammā bahussutā honti dhātā vacasā paricitā mana­sānu­pekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā, tassa bhavanti vattāro: ‘iṅgha tāva āyasmā āgamaṃ pariyāpuṇassū’ti, itissa bhavanti vattāro.

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, codakena bhikkhunā paraṃ codetukāmena evaṃ pacca­vek­khi­tab­baṃ: ‘ubhayāni kho pana me pātimokkhāni vitthārena svāgatāni honti suvibhattāni suppavattīni suvinicchitāni suttaso anubyañjanaso. Saṃvijjati nu kho me eso dhammo udāhu no’ti? No ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno ubhayāni pātimokkhāni vitthārena svāgatāni honti suvibhattāni suppavattīni suvinicchitāni suttaso anubyañjanaso, ‘idaṃ panāyasmā, kattha vuttaṃ bhagavatā’ti, iti puṭṭho na sampāyissati. Tassa bhavanti vattāro: ‘iṅgha tāva āyasmā vinayaṃ sikkhassū’ti, itissa bhavanti vattāro. Ime pañca dhammā ajjhattaṃ pacca­vek­khi­tabbā.

Katame pañca dhammā ajjhattaṃ upaṭṭhāpetabbā? ‘Kālena vakkhāmi, no akālena; bhūtena vakkhāmi, no abhūtena; saṇhena vakkhāmi, no pharusena; atthasaṃhitena vakkhāmi, no anat­tha­saṃhi­tena; mettacitto vakkhāmi, no dosantaro’ti—ime pañca dhammā ajjhattaṃ upaṭṭhāpetabbā. Codakena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā paraṃ codetukāmena ime pañca dhamme ajjhattaṃ paccavekkhitvā ime pañca dhamme ajjhattaṃ upaṭṭhāpetvā paro codetabbo”ti.

Catutthaṃ.