[653] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti . bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ . Bhagavā etadavoca araṇavibhaṅgaṃ vo bhikkhave desissāmi taṃ suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasikarotha bhāsissāmīti . evambhanteti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

[654] Bhagavā etadavoca na kāmasukhamanuyuñjeyya hīnaṃ gammaṃ pothujjanikaṃ anariyaṃ anatthasañhitaṃ na ca attakilamathānuyogamanuyuñjeyya dukkhaṃ anariyaṃ anatthasañhitaṃ etete ubho ante anupagamma majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati . ussādanañca jaññā apasādanañca jaññā ussādanañca ñatvā apasādanañca ñatvā nevussādeyya na apasādeyya dhammameva deseyya sukhavinicchayaṃ jaññā sukhavinicchayaṃ ñatvā ajjhattaṃ sukhamanuyuñjeyya raho vādaṃ na bhāseyya sammukhā nātikhīṇaṃ bhaṇe ataramānova bhāseyya no taramāno janapadaniruttiṃ nābhiniveseyya samaññaṃ nātidhāveyyāti ayamuddeso araṇavibhaṅgassa.

[655] Na kāmasukhamanuyuñjeyya hīnaṃ gammaṃ pothujjanikaṃ anariyaṃ anatthasañhitaṃ na ca attakilamathānuyogamanuyuñjeyya dukkhaṃ anariyaṃ anatthasañhitanti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ . kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ . yo kāmapaṭisandhisukhino somanassānuyogo hīno gammo pothujjaniko anariyo anatthasañhito sadukkho eso dhammo saupaghāto saupāyāso sapariḷāho micchāpaṭipadā . yo kāmapaṭisandhisukhino somanassānuyogaṃ ananuyogo hīnaṃ gammaṃ pothujjanikaṃ anariyaṃ anatthasañhitaṃ adukkho eso dhammo anūpaghāto anūpāyāso apariḷāho sammāpaṭipadā . yo attakilamathānuyogo dukkho anariyo anatthasañhito sadukkho eso dhammo saupaghāto saupāyāso sapariḷāho micchāpaṭipadā . yo attakilamathānuyogaṃ ananuyogo dukkhaṃ anariyaṃ anatthasañhitaṃ adukkho eso dhammo anūpaghāto anūpāyāso apariḷāho sammāpaṭipadā . na kāmasukhamanuyuñjeyya hīnaṃ gammaṃ pothujjanikaṃ anariyaṃ anatthasañhitaṃ na ca attakilamathānuyogamanuyuñjeyya dukkhaṃ anariyaṃ anatthasañhitanti iti yantaṃ vuttaṃ idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ.