Sāvatthi­nidānaṃ. Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: “sakalamidaṃ, bhante, brahmacariyaṃ, yadidaṃ—kalyāṇamittatā kal­yāṇa­sahāyatā kal­yāṇa­sampa­vaṅkatā”ti.

“Sādhu sādhu, sāriputta. Sakalamidaṃ, sāriputta, brahmacariyaṃ, yadidaṃ— kalyāṇamittatā kal­yāṇa­sahāyatā kal­yāṇa­sampa­vaṅkatā. Kal­yāṇa­mittas­setaṃ, sāriputta, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṃ kal­yāṇa­sahāyassa kal­yāṇa­sampa­vaṅkassa—ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvessati, ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahu­līka­ris­sati. Kathañca, sāriputta, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto kalyāṇasahāyo kal­yāṇa­sam­pa­vaṅko ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti, ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaroti?

Idha, sāriputta, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodha­nissitaṃ vos­sagga­pari­ṇāmiṃ … pe … sammāsamādhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodha­nissitaṃ vos­sagga­pari­ṇāmiṃ. Evaṃ kho, sāriputta, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto kalyāṇasahāyo kal­yāṇa­sam­pa­vaṅko ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti, ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaroti.

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

Tatiyaṃ.