Sāriputtasuttaniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 960

[960] **Sekha** (trainee), in the phrase "A trainee (sekha) should dispel it, wandering without abode (aniketasārī)": For what reason is one called a trainee? One trains, therefore one is called a trainee. And in what does one train? One trains in the higher virtue (adhisīla), one trains in the higher mind (adhicitta), one trains in the higher wisdom (adhipaññā). What is the training in higher virtue? … This is the training in higher wisdom. Adverting to these three trainings, one trains; knowing, one trains; seeing, one trains; reviewing, one trains; resolving the mind (citta), one trains; being resolved through faith, one trains; exerting energy, one trains; establishing mindfulness, one trains; concentrating the mind, one trains; understanding with wisdom, one trains; directly knowing what is to be directly known, one trains; fully understanding what is to be fully understood, one trains; abandoning what is to be abandoned, one trains; realizing what is to be realized, one trains; developing what is to be developed, one trains; one conducts oneself, conducts oneself well, and, having undertaken [the trainings], one trains. For that reason one is called a trainee. A trainee should train in the higher virtue, should train in the higher mind, should train in the higher wisdom, for the removal, the dispelling, the abandoning, the calming, the relinquishing, the tranquilizing [of it]. Adverting to these three trainings, he should train; knowing … realizing what is to be realized, he should train; he should conduct himself, conduct himself well, and, having undertaken [the trainings], should proceed. Hence, "A trainee should dispel it." [Note 1: The Burmese edition reads "paridevaneyye".]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.