1.1PTS 5.17Pāṭaliputtanidānaṁ.At Pāṭaliputta.

1.2“‘Brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyan’ti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati.“Reverend, they speak of this thing called the ‘spiritual path’.1.3Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamo brahmacārī, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti?What is the spiritual path? Who is someone on the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?”

1.4“Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda.“Good, good, Reverend Bhadda!1.5Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā.Your approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question. …1.6Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi:1.7‘brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati.1.8Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamo brahmacārī, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan’”ti?1.9“Evamāvuso”ti.

1.10“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo brahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—The spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:1.11sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

1.12Yo kho, āvuso, iminā ariyena aṭṭhaṅgikena maggena samannāgato—Someone who possesses this noble eightfold path1.13ayaṁ vuccati brahmacārī.is called someone on the spiritual path.

1.14Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—The ending of greed, hate, and delusion:1.15idaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti.this is the culmination of the spiritual path.”

1.16Dasamaṁ.

1.17Tīṇi suttantāni ekanidānāni.

1.18Vihāravaggo dutiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Dve vihārā ca sekkho ca,2.2uppādā apare duve;2.3Parisuddhena dve vuttā,2.4kukkuṭārāmena tayoti.