1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,1.3“‘sekkho, sekkho’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of the one called ‘a trainee’.1.4Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, sekkho hotī”ti?How is a trainee defined?”

2.1“Idha, bhikkhu, sekkhāya sammādiṭṭhiyā samannāgato hoti …pe… sekkhena sammāsamādhinā samannāgato hoti.“Mendicant, it’s someone who has a trainee’s right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.¹2.2Ettāvatā kho, bhikkhu, sekkho hotī”ti.That’s how a trainee is defined.”

2.3Tatiyaṁ.