[351] "Ānanda, a disciple should not deem it worthwhile to follow the Teacher merely for the sake of hearing suttas, geyyas, and veyyākaraṇas. Why is that? Because for a long time, Ānanda, the dhammas have been heard by you, borne in mind, recited verbally, examined with the mind, and well penetrated by view. But, Ānanda, such talk as is concerned with utter effacement (abhisallekhikā), suitable for the mind's examination, and which conduces solely to disillusionment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge (abhiññā), to full awakening, to Nibbāna — namely, talk on fewness of wishes, talk on contentment, talk on seclusion, talk on non-association, talk on the arousing of energy, talk on virtue, talk on concentration (samādhi), talk on wisdom, talk on liberation (vimutti), talk on the knowledge and vision of liberation — for the sake of such talk, Ānanda, a disciple should deem it worthwhile to follow the Teacher even when being turned away.
"This being so, Ānanda, there comes to be peril (upaddava) for the teacher; this being so, there comes to be peril for the pupil; this being so, there comes to be peril for one who lives the holy life."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.