1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā aṅgesu viharati āpaṇaṁ nāma aṅgānaṁ nigamo.At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Aṅgas, near the Aṅgan town named Āpaṇa.¹1.3Tatra kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ āmantesi:Then the Buddha said to Venerable Sāriputta:

1.4“yo so, sāriputta, ariyasāvako tathāgate ekantagato abhippasanno, na so tathāgate vā tathāgatasāsane vā kaṅkheyya vā vicikiccheyya vā”ti?“Sāriputta, would a noble disciple who is sure and devoted to the Realized One have any doubt or uncertainty about the Realized One or his instructions?”

2.1“Yo so, bhante, ariyasāvako tathāgate ekantagato abhippasanno, na so tathāgate vā tathāgatasāsane vā kaṅkheyya vā vicikiccheyya vā.“Sir, a noble disciple who is sure and devoted to the Realized One would have no doubt or uncertainty about the Realized One or his instructions.

2.2saddhassa hi, bhante, ariyasāvakassa etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ yaṁ āraddhavīriyo viharissati—akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya, kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu.You can expect that a faithful noble disciple will live with energy roused up for giving up unskillful qualities and embracing skillful qualities. They’re strong, staunchly vigorous, not slacking off when it comes to developing skillful qualities.2.3Yaṁ hissa, bhante, vīriyaṁ tadassa vīriyindriyaṁ.For their energy is the faculty of energy.

3.1Saddhassa hi, bhante, ariyasāvakassa āraddhavīriyassa etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ yaṁ satimā bhavissati, paramena satinepakkena samannāgato, cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā anussaritā.You can expect that a faithful and energetic noble disciple will be mindful, with utmost mindfulness and alertness, able to remember and recall what was said and done long ago.3.2Yā hissa, bhante, sati tadassa satindriyaṁ.For their mindfulness is the faculty of mindfulness.

4.1Saddhassa hi, bhante, ariyasāvakassa āraddhavīriyassa upaṭṭhitassatino etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ yaṁ vossaggārammaṇaṁ karitvā labhissati samādhiṁ, labhissati cittassa ekaggataṁ.You can expect that a faithful, energetic, and mindful noble disciple will, relying on letting go, gain immersion, gain unification of mind.4.2Yo hissa, bhante, samādhi tadassa samādhindriyaṁ.For their immersion is the faculty of immersion.

5.1PTS 5.226Saddhassa hi, bhante, ariyasāvakassa āraddhavīriyassa upaṭṭhitassatino samāhitacittassa etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ yaṁ evaṁ pajānissati—You can expect that a faithful, energetic, mindful noble disciple with their mind immersed in samādhi will understand this:5.2anamataggo kho saṁsāro.‘Transmigration has no known beginning.²5.3Pubbakoṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ.No first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.5.4Avijjāya tveva tamokāyassa asesavirāganirodho santametaṁ padaṁ paṇītametaṁ padaṁ, yadidaṁ—But when that dark mass of ignorance fades away and ceases with no residue left behind, that state is peaceful and sublime.5.5sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ.That is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.’5.6Yā hissa, bhante, paññā tadassa paññindriyaṁ.For their noble wisdom is the faculty of wisdom.³

6.1Saddho so, bhante, ariyasāvako evaṁ padahitvā padahitvā evaṁ saritvā saritvā evaṁ samādahitvā samādahitvā evaṁ pajānitvā pajānitvā evaṁ abhisaddahati:When a noble disciple has tried again and again, recollected again and again, entered immersion again and again, and understood with wisdom again and again, they will be confident of this:6.2‘ime kho te dhammā ye me pubbe sutavā ahesuṁ.‘I have previously heard of these things.6.3Tenāhaṁ etarahi kāyena ca phusitvā viharāmi, paññāya ca ativijjha passāmī’ti.But now I have direct meditative experience of them, and see them with penetrating wisdom.’6.4Yā hissa, bhante, saddhā tadassa saddhindriyan”ti.For their faith is the faculty of faith.”

7.1“Sādhu sādhu, sāriputta.“Good, good, Sāriputta!

7.2Yo so, sāriputta, ariyasāvako tathāgate ekantagato abhippasanno, na so tathāgate vā tathāgatasāsane vā kaṅkheyya vā vicikiccheyya vā.Sāriputta, a noble disciple who is sure and devoted to the Realized One would have no doubt or uncertainty about the Realized One or his instructions. …”

7.3Saddhassa hi, sāriputta, ariyasāvakassa etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ yaṁ āraddhavīriyo viharissati—The Buddha then repeated Sāriputta’s answer word for word.7.4akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya, kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ upasampadāya, thāmavā daḷhaparakkamo anikkhittadhuro kusalesu dhammesu.7.5Yaṁ hissa, sāriputta, vīriyaṁ tadassa vīriyindriyaṁ.

8.1Saddhassa hi, sāriputta, ariyasāvakassa āraddhavīriyassa etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ yaṁ satimā bhavissati, paramena satinepakkena samannāgato, cirakatampi cirabhāsitampi saritā anussaritā.8.2Yā hissa, sāriputta, sati tadassa satindriyaṁ.

9.1Saddhassa hi, sāriputta, ariyasāvakassa āraddhavīriyassa upaṭṭhitassatino etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ yaṁ vossaggārammaṇaṁ karitvā labhissati samādhiṁ, labhissati cittassa ekaggataṁ.9.2Yo hissa, sāriputta, samādhi tadassa samādhindriyaṁ.

10.1Saddhassa hi, sāriputta, ariyasāvakassa āraddhavīriyassa upaṭṭhitassatino samāhitacittassa etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ yaṁ evaṁ pajānissati—10.2anamataggo kho saṁsāro.10.3Pubbakoṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ.10.4Avijjāya tveva tamokāyassa asesavirāganirodho santametaṁ padaṁ paṇītametaṁ padaṁ, yadidaṁ—10.5sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ.10.6Yā hissa, sāriputta, paññā tadassa paññindriyaṁ.

11.1PTS 5.227Saddho so, sāriputta, ariyasāvako evaṁ padahitvā padahitvā evaṁ saritvā saritvā evaṁ samādahitvā samādahitvā evaṁ pajānitvā pajānitvā evaṁ abhisaddahati:11.2‘ime kho te dhammā ye me pubbe sutavā ahesuṁ.11.3Tenāhaṁ etarahi kāyena ca phusitvā viharāmi, paññāya ca ativijjha passāmī’ti.11.4Yā hissa, sāriputta, saddhā tadassa saddhindriyan”ti.

11.5Dasamaṁ.

11.6Jarāvaggo pañcamo.

12.0Tassuddānaṁ

12.1Jarā uṇṇābho brāhmaṇo,12.2sāketo pubbakoṭṭhako;12.3Pubbārāme ca cattāri,12.4piṇḍolo āpaṇena cāti.