1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: 

2 "Sace, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:  ‘sambodhipakkhikānaṃ, āvuso, dhammānaṃ kā upanisā bhāvanāyā’ti, evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ kinti byākareyyāthā"ti? "Bhagavaṃmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā … pe … bhagavato sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī"ti.

3 "Tena hi, bhikkhave, suṇātha, sādhukaṃ manasi karotha; bhāsissāmī"ti. "Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca: 

4 "Sace, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:  ‘sambodhipakkhikānaṃ, āvuso, dhammānaṃ kā upanisā bhāvanāyā’ti, evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyātha: 

5 ‘Idhāvuso, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto hoti kalyāṇasahāyo kalyāṇasampavanko. Sambodhipakkhikānaṃ, āvuso, dhammānaṃ ayaṃ paṭhamā upanisā bhāvanāya. (1)

6 Puna caparaṃ, āvuso, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti, pātimokkhasaṃvarasaṃvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu. (2) Sambodhipakkhikānaṃ, āvuso, dhammānaṃ ayaṃ dutiyā upanisā bhāvanāya.

7 Puna caparaṃ, āvuso, bhikkhu yāyaṃ kathā abhisallekhikā cetovivaraṇasappāyā, seyyathidaṃ – appicchakathā santuṭṭhikathā pavivekakathā asaṃsaggakathā vīriyārambhakathā sīlakathā samādhikathā paññākathā vimuttikathā vimuttiñāṇadassanakathā, evarūpiyā kathāya nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī. Sambodhipakkhikānaṃ, āvuso, dhammānaṃ ayaṃ tatiyā upanisā bhāvanāya. (3)

8 Puna caparaṃ, āvuso, bhikkhu āraddhavīriyo viharati akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ pahānāya, kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu. Sambodhipakkhikānaṃ, āvuso, dhammānaṃ ayaṃ catutthī upanisā bhāvanāya. (4)

9 Puna caparaṃ, āvuso, bhikkhu paññavā hoti udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā. Sambodhipakkhikānaṃ, āvuso, dhammānaṃ ayaṃ pañcamī upanisā bhāvanāya’.

10 Kalyāṇamittassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṃ kalyāṇasahāyassa kalyāṇasampavankassa – sīlavā bhavissati, pātimokkhasaṃvarasaṃvuto viharissati ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhissati sikkhāpadesu.

11 Kalyāṇamittassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṃ kalyāṇasahāyassa kalyāṇasampavankassa – yāyaṃ kathā abhisallekhikā cetovivaraṇasappāyā, seyyathidaṃ – appicchakathā santuṭṭhikathā pavivekakathā asaṃsaggakathā vīriyārambhakathā sīlakathā samādhikathā paññākathā vimuttikathā vimuttiñāṇadassanakathā, evarūpiyā kathāya nikāmalābhī bhavissati akicchalābhī akasiralābhī.

12 Kalyāṇamittassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṃ kalyāṇasahāyassa kalyāṇasampavankassa – āraddhavīriyo viharissati akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ pahānāya, kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu.

13 Kalyāṇamittassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṃ kalyāṇasahāyassa kalyāṇasampavankassa – paññavā bhavissati udayatthagāminiyā paññāya samannāgato ariyāya nibbedhikāya sammā dukkhakkhayagāminiyā. (5)

14 Tena ca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā imesu pañcasu dhammesu patiṭṭhāya cattāro dhammā uttari bhāvetabbā – asubhā bhāvetabbā rāgassa pahānāya, mettā bhāvetabbā byāpādassa pahānāya, ānāpānassati bhāvetabbā vitakkupacchedāya, aniccasaññā bhāvetabbā asmimānasamugghātāya. Aniccasaññino, bhikkhave, anattasaññā saṇṭhāti. Anattasaññī asmimānasamugghātaṃ pāpuṇāti diṭṭheva dhamme nibbānan"ti. (6–9.)

Paṭhamaṃ.