[310] On one occasion the Venerable Sāriputta and the Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita¹ were dwelling at Bārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana. Then, in the evening, the Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita, having emerged from seclusion, approached the Venerable Sāriputta … and said this: "Friend Sāriputta, what are the things (dhammā) to which a virtuous bhikkhu should give thorough attention (yoniso manasikātabbā)?"
"Friend Koṭṭhita, a virtuous bhikkhu should give thorough attention to the five aggregates subject to clinging (pañcupādānakkhandhā) as impermanent, as suffering (dukkha), as a disease, as a boil, as a dart, as misery, as an affliction, as alien, as disintegrating, as empty, as non-self (anattā). Which five? Namely: the form aggregate subject to clinging, the feeling (vedanā) aggregate subject to clinging, the perception aggregate subject to clinging, the volitional formations aggregate subject to clinging, the consciousness aggregate subject to clinging. Friend Koṭṭhita, a virtuous bhikkhu should give thorough attention to these five aggregates subject to clinging as impermanent, as suffering, as a disease, as a boil, as a dart, as misery, as an affliction, as alien, as disintegrating, as empty, as non-self. It is possible, friend, that a virtuous bhikkhu, giving thorough attention to these five aggregates subject to clinging as impermanent … as non-self, may realize the fruit of stream-entry (sotāpattiphala)."
¹ The Burmese (M) edition reads Mahākoṭṭhiko.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.