Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anātha­piṇḍi­kassa ārāme. Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: “sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṃkhittena dhammaṃ desetu, yamahaṃ bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti. “Evameva panidhekacce moghapurisā mañceva ajjhesanti, dhamme ca bhāsite mameva anu­bandhi­tabbaṃ maññantī”ti. “Desetu me, bhante, bhagavā saṃkhittena dhammaṃ, desetu sugato saṃkhittena dhammaṃ. Appeva nāmāhaṃ bhagavato bhāsitassa atthaṃ jāneyyaṃ, appeva nāmāhaṃ bhagavato bhāsitassa dāyādo assan”ti. “Tasmātiha tvaṃ, bhikkhu, ādimeva visodhehi kusalesu dhammesu. Ko cādi kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ? Sīlañca suvisuddhaṃ, diṭṭhi ca ujukā. Yato kho te, bhikkhu, sīlañca suvisuddhaṃ bhavissati diṭṭhi ca ujukā, tato tvaṃ, bhikkhu, sīlaṃ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya cattāro satipaṭṭhāne tividhena bhāveyyāsi.

Katame cattāro? Idha tvaṃ, bhikkhu, ajjhattaṃ vā kāye kāyānupassī viharāhi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhij­jhā­do­manas­saṃ; bahiddhā vā kāye kāyānupassī viharāhi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhij­jhā­do­manas­saṃ; ajjhat­ta­bahid­dhā vā kāye kāyānupassī viharāhi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhij­jhā­do­manas­saṃ. Ajjhattaṃ vā vedanāsu … pe … bahiddhā vā vedanāsu … ajjhat­ta­bahid­dhā vā vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharāhi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhij­jhā­do­manas­saṃ. Ajjhattaṃ vā citte … bahiddhā vā citte ajjhat­ta­bahid­dhā vā citte … cittānupassī viharāhi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhij­jhā­do­manas­saṃ. Ajjhattaṃ vā dhammesu … bahiddhā vā dhammesu … ajjhat­ta­bahid­dhā vā dhammesu dhammānupassī viharāhi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhij­jhā­do­manas­saṃ. Yato kho tvaṃ, bhikkhu, sīlaṃ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne evaṃ tividhena bhāvessasi, tato tuyhaṃ, bhikkhu, yā ratti vā divaso vā āgamissati vuddhiyeva pāṭikaṅkhā kusalesu dhammesu, no parihānī”ti.

Atha kho so bhikkhu bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi. Atha kho so bhikkhu eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṃ— brahma­cari­ya­pari­yosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. “Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca pana so bhikkhu arahataṃ ahosīti.

Tatiyaṃ.