1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ca ānando āyasmā ca bhaddo pāṭaliputte viharanti kukkuṭārāme. Atha kho āyasmā bhaddo sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā ānando tenupasankami; upasankamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddo āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca: 

2 "‘Abrahmacariyaṃ, abrahmacariyan’ti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṃ nu kho, āvuso, abrahmacariyan"ti? "Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda. Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummango, bhaddakaṃ paṭibhānaṃ, kalyāṇī paripucchā. Evañhi tvaṃ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi:  ‘abrahmacariyaṃ, abrahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṃ nu kho, āvuso, abrahmacariyan’"ti? "Evamāvuso"ti. "Ayameva kho, āvuso, aṭṭhangiko micchāmaggo abrahmacariyaṃ, seyyathidaṃ – micchādiṭṭhi … pe … micchāsamādhī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṃ.