Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anātha­piṇḍi­kassa ārāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti. “Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca: 

“Sanāthā, bhikkhave, viharatha, mā anāthā. Dukkhaṃ, bhikkhave, anātho viharati. Dasayime, bhikkhave, nāthakaraṇā dhammā. Katame dasa? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti … pe … samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu. ‘Sīlavā vatāyaṃ bhikkhu pāti­mokkha­saṃ­vara­saṃ­vuto viharati ācāra­gocara­sam­panno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesū’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (1)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bahussuto hoti … pe … diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā. ‘Bahussuto vatāyaṃ bhikkhu sutadharo sutasannicayo, ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pari­yosāna­kal­yāṇā sātthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ kevala­pari­puṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ abhivadanti, tathārūpāssa dhammā bahussutā honti dhātā vacasā paricitā mana­sānu­pekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (2)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto hoti kalyāṇasahāyo kal­yāṇa­sam­pa­vaṅko. ‘Kalyāṇamitto vatāyaṃ bhikkhu kalyāṇasahāyo kal­yāṇa­sam­pa­vaṅko’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (3)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu suvaco hoti sova­cassaka­raṇehi dhammehi samannāgato, khamo padak­khi­ṇag­gāhī anusāsaniṃ. ‘Suvaco vatāyaṃ bhikkhu sova­cassaka­raṇehi dhammehi samannāgato, khamo padak­khi­ṇag­gāhī anusāsanin’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (4)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yāni tāni sab­rahma­cārī­naṃ uccāvacāni kiṅkaraṇīyāni, tattha dakkho hoti analaso, tatrūpāyāya vīmaṃsāya samannāgato, alaṃ kātuṃ alaṃ saṃvidhātuṃ. ‘Yāni tāni sab­rahma­cārī­naṃ uccāvacāni kiṅkaraṇīyāni, tattha dakkho vatāyaṃ bhikkhu analaso, tatrūpāyāya vīmaṃsāya samannāgato, alaṃ kātuṃ alaṃ saṃvidhātun’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (5)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhammakāmo hoti piyasamudāhāro, abhidhamme abhivinaye uḷārapāmojjo. ‘Dhammakāmo vatāyaṃ bhikkhu piyasamudāhāro, abhidhamme abhivinaye uḷārapāmojjo’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (6)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āraddhavīriyo viharati akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ pahānāya, kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhit­ta­dhuro kusalesu dhammesu ‘āraddhavīriyo vatāyaṃ bhikkhu viharati akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ pahānāya, kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhit­ta­dhuro kusalesu dhammesū’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (7)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu santuṭṭho hoti itarīta­ra­cīvara­piṇḍa­pāta­se­nāsa­na­gilāna­pac­ca­ya­bhesaj­ja­parik­khā­rena. ‘Santuṭṭho vatāyaṃ bhikkhu itarīta­ra­cīvara­piṇḍa­pāta­se­nāsa­na­gilāna­pac­ca­ya­bhesaj­ja­parik­khā­renā’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (8)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satimā hoti paramena satinepakkena samannāgato, cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā anussaritā. ‘Satimā vatāyaṃ bhikkhu paramena satinepakkena samannāgato, cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā anussaritā’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa maj­jhi­mā­nukam­pi­tassa navā­nukam­pi­tassa vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (9)

Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paññavā hoti uda­yattha­gā­miniyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā duk­khak­kha­ya­gā­miniyā. ‘Paññavā vatāyaṃ bhikkhu uda­yattha­gā­miniyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā duk­khak­kha­ya­gā­miniyā’ti therāpi naṃ bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti, majjhimāpi bhikkhū … navāpi bhikkhū vattabbaṃ anusāsitabbaṃ maññanti. Tassa the­rā­nukam­pi­tassa … pe … no parihāni. Ayampi dhammo nāthakaraṇo. (10)

Sanāthā, bhikkhave, viharatha, mā anāthā. Dukkhaṃ, bhikkhave, anātho viharati. Ime kho, bhikkhave, dasa nāthakaraṇā dhammā”ti. Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti.

Aṭṭhamaṃ.