Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakyesu viharati nagarakaṃ nāma sakyānaṃ nigamo. Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: “upaḍḍhamidaṃ, bhante, brahmacariyaṃ, yadidaṃ—kalyāṇamittatā kal­yāṇa­sahāyatā kal­yāṇa­sampa­vaṅkatā”ti.

“Mā hevaṃ, ānanda, mā hevaṃ, ānanda. Sakalamevidaṃ, ānanda, brahmacariyaṃ, yadidaṃ—kalyāṇamittatā kal­yāṇa­sahāyatā kal­yāṇa­sampa­vaṅkatā. Kal­yāṇa­mittas­setaṃ, ānanda, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṃ kal­yāṇa­sahāyassa kal­yāṇa­sampa­vaṅkassa—ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvessati, ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahu­līka­ris­sati.

Kathañcānanda, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto kalyāṇasahāyo kal­yāṇa­sam­pa­vaṅko ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti, ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaroti? Idhānanda, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodha­nissitaṃ vos­sagga­pari­ṇāmiṃ; sammāsaṅkappaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ … pe … sammāvācaṃ bhāveti … pe … sammākammantaṃ bhāveti … pe … sammāājīvaṃ bhāveti … pe … sammāvāyāmaṃ bhāveti … pe … sammāsatiṃ bhāveti … pe … sammāsamādhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodha­nissitaṃ vos­sagga­pari­ṇāmiṃ. Evaṃ kho, ānanda, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto kalyāṇasahāyo kal­yāṇa­sam­pa­vaṅko ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti, ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaroti.

Tadamināpetaṃ, ānanda, pariyāyena veditabbaṃ yathā sakalamevidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, yadidaṃ—kalyāṇamittatā kal­yāṇa­sahāyatā kal­yāṇa­sampa­vaṅkatā. Mamañhi, ānanda, kalyāṇamittaṃ āgamma jātidhammā sattā jātiyā parimuccanti; jarādhammā sattā jarāya parimuccanti; maraṇadhammā sattā maraṇena parimuccanti; soka­pari­deva­duk­kha­do­manas­supāyā­sa­dhammā sattā soka­pari­deva­duk­kha­do­manas­supāyā­sehi parimuccanti. Iminā kho etaṃ, ānanda, pariyāyena veditabbaṃ yathā sakalamevidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, yadidaṃ—kalyāṇamittatā kal­yāṇa­sahāyatā kal­yāṇa­sampa­vaṅkatā”ti.

Dutiyaṃ.