Saṅgayhasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 131

[131] Then the Venerable Mālukyaputta, ardent (ātāpī) and resolute, approached the Blessed One … Sitting to one side, the Venerable Mālukyaputta said this to the Blessed One: "It would be good, venerable sir, if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that, having heard the Dhamma from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, heedful, ardent, and resolute." "Here now, Mālukyaputta, what shall I say to the young bhikkhus, when you—worn with age, old, elderly, far gone in years, arrived at the last stage of life—ask for an exhortation in brief?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.