[290] Bhikkhus, there are these two assemblies (parisā). What two? The ignoble assembly and the noble assembly. And what, bhikkhus, is the ignoble assembly? Here, bhikkhus, in whatever assembly the bhikkhus do not understand as it really is: 'This is suffering (dukkha)'; do not understand as it really is: 'This is the origin of suffering'; do not understand as it really is: 'This is the cessation of suffering'; do not understand as it really is: 'This is the way of practice (paṭipadā) leading to the cessation of suffering' — this, bhikkhus, is called the ignoble assembly. And what, bhikkhus, is the noble assembly? Here, bhikkhus, in whatever assembly the bhikkhus understand as it really is: 'This is suffering'; understand as it really is: 'This is the origin of suffering'; understand as it really is: 'This is the cessation of suffering'; understand as it really is: 'This is the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering' — this, bhikkhus, is called the noble assembly. These, bhikkhus, are the two assemblies. Of these two assemblies, bhikkhus, this is the foremost, namely, the noble assembly.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.