Sīhnādavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 12 · Section 157

[157] But the Tathāgata, bhikkhus, the Arahant, the Fully Awakened One, claiming to teach the full understanding of all clinging (upādāna), rightly makes known the full understanding of all clinging: he makes known the full understanding of clinging to sensual pleasures (kāmupādāna), he makes known the full understanding of clinging to views (diṭṭhupādāna), he makes known the full understanding of clinging to rules and observances (sīlabbatupādāna), he makes known the full understanding of clinging to a doctrine of self (attavādupādāna). In such a Dhamma and Discipline as this, bhikkhus, the confidence one has in the Teacher is declared to be rightly directed; the confidence one has in the Dhamma is declared to be rightly directed; the fulfillment of the precepts is declared to be rightly accomplished; and the dearness and agreeableness one has toward one's fellow practitioners in the Dhamma is declared to be rightly placed. Why is that? Because it is so, bhikkhus, when the Dhamma and Discipline is well expounded, well proclaimed, emancipating, conducive to peace, proclaimed by one who is fully awakened.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.