[143] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Vesālī, in the Great Wood, in the Hall with the Peaked Roof. Then Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, she stood to one side. Standing to one side, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī 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One would teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that, having heard the Dhamma from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, heedful, ardent, and resolute."
"Gotamī, whatever dhammas you might know thus: 'These dhammas lead to passion (sarāga), not to dispassion (virāga); they lead to bondage (saṃyoga), not to release from bondage (visaṃyoga); they lead to accumulation (ācaya), not to dispersal (apacaya); they lead to great desires, not to fewness of desires (appicchatā); they lead to discontent, not to contentment (santuṭṭhī); they lead to company (saṅgaṇikā), not to seclusion (paviveka); they lead to laziness, not to the arousing of energy (vīriyārambha); they lead to being difficult to support, not to being easy to support' — of these, Gotamī, you should hold definitely: 'This is not the Dhamma; this is not the Discipline (vinaya); this is not the Teacher's instruction.'
"But, Gotamī, whatever dhammas you might know thus: 'These dhammas lead to dispassion, not to passion; they lead to release from bondage, not to bondage; they lead to dispersal, not to accumulation; they lead to fewness of desires, not to great desires; they lead to contentment, not to discontent; they lead to seclusion, not to company; they lead to the arousing of energy, not to laziness; they lead to being easy to support, not to being difficult to support' — of these, Gotamī, you should hold definitely: 'This is the Dhamma; this is the Discipline; this is the Teacher's instruction.'"
End of the Third Sutta.
[Heading of the following sutta: Dīghajāṇusutta]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.