Uddesavibhaṅgasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 14 · Section 640

[640] Then, not long after the Blessed One had departed, it occurred to those **bhikkhus**: "Friends, the Blessed One, having recited this summary in brief — 'Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu should examine in such a way that, as he examines, his consciousness (viññāṇa) would be unscattered and undiffused externally and unsettled internally, and, not clinging, he would not be agitated. Bhikkhus, when consciousness is unscattered and undiffused externally, when it is unsettled internally, then for one who, not clinging, is not agitated, there is no coming to be in the future of the origin of the suffering (dukkha) of birth, aging, and death' — has risen from his seat and entered his dwelling without analyzing the meaning in detail. Who, now, could analyze in detail the meaning of this summary recited in brief by the Blessed One, whose meaning he did not analyze in detail?" Then it occurred to those bhikkhus: "This Venerable Mahākaccāna is praised by the Teacher and esteemed by his wise companions in the holy life; and the Venerable Mahākaccāna is capable of analyzing in detail the meaning of this summary recited in brief by the Blessed One, whose meaning was not analyzed in detail. Suppose we were to approach the Venerable Mahākaccāna and, having approached, question the Venerable Mahākaccāna about this matter."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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