[318] So kho ahaṃ bhikkhave kiṃkusalagavesī anuttaraṃ santivarapadaṃ pariyesamāno yena uddako rāmaputto tenupasaṅkamiṃ upasaṅkamitvā uddakaṃ rāmaputtaṃ etadavocaṃ icchāmahaṃ āvuso rāma imasmiṃ dhammavinaye brahmacariyaṃ caritunti . evaṃ vutte bhikkhave uddako rāmaputto maṃ etadavoca viharatāyasmā tādiso ayaṃ dhammo yattha viññū puriso nacirasseva sakaṃ ācariyakaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyāti . so kho ahaṃ bhikkhave nacirasseva khippameva taṃ dhammaṃ pariyāpuṇiṃ . so kho ahaṃ bhikkhave tāvatakeneva oṭṭhapahatamattakena lapitalāpanamattakena ñāṇavādañca Vadāmi theravādañca pajānāmi passāmīti paṭijānāmi ahañceva aññe ca . tassa mayhaṃ bhikkhave etadahosi na kho rāmo imaṃ dhammaṃ kevalaṃ saddhāmattakena sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti pavedesi . addhā rāmo imaṃ dhammaṃ jānaṃ passaṃ vihāsīti . atha khvāhaṃ bhikkhave yena uddako rāmaputto tenupasaṅkamiṃ upasaṅkamitvā uddakaṃ rāmaputtaṃ etadavocaṃ kittāvatā no āvuso rāma imaṃ dhammaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedesīti. Evaṃ vutte bhikkhave uddako rāmaputto nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ pavedesi . tassa mayhaṃ bhikkhave etadahosi na kho rāmasseva ahosi saddhā mayhaṃpatthi saddhā na kho rāmasseva ahosi viriyaṃ .pe. Sati ... Samādhi ... paññā mayhaṃpatthi paññā yannūnāhaṃ yaṃ dhammaṃ rāmo sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti pavedeti tassa dhammassa sacchikiriyāya padaheyyanti. {318.1} So kho ahaṃ bhikkhave nacirasseva khippameva taṃ dhammaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsiṃ . atha khvāhaṃ bhikkhave yena uddako rāmaputto tenupasaṅkamiṃ upasaṅkamitvā uddakaṃ rāmaputtaṃ etadavocaṃ ettāvatā no āvuso rāma imaṃ dhammaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedesīti . ettāvatā kho ahaṃ āvuso imaṃ dhammaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedemīti . Ahampi kho āvuso ettāvatā Imaṃ dhammaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmīti . Lābhā no āvuso suladdhaṃ no āvuso ye mayaṃ āyasmantaṃ tādisaṃ sabrahmacāriṃ passāma iti yaṃ dhammaṃ rāmo sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedeti taṃ tvaṃ dhammaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharasi yaṃ tvaṃ dhammaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharasi taṃ dhammaṃ rāmo sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja pavedesi iti yaṃ dhammaṃ rāmo aññāsi tvaṃ dhammaṃ jānāsi yaṃ tvaṃ dhammaṃ jānāsi taṃ dhammaṃ rāmo aññāsi iti yādiso rāmo ahosi tādiso tvaṃ yādiso tvaṃ tādiso rāmo ahosi ehidāni āvuso tuvaṃ [6]- gaṇaṃ pariharāti. {318.2} Iti kho bhikkhave uddako rāmaputto sabrahmacārī me samāno ācariyaṭṭhāne ca maṃ ṭhapesi uḷārāya ca maṃ pūjāya pūjesi. Tassa mayhaṃ bhikkhave etadahosi nāyaṃ dhammo nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṃvattati yāvadeva nevasaññānāsaññāyatanūpapattiyāti . so kho ahaṃ bhikkhave taṃ dhammaṃ analaṅkaritvā tasmā dhammā nibbijja apakkamiṃ.