[215] Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandaka- nivāpe . tena kho pana samayena āyasmā vakkali kumbhakāranivesane viharati ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno . atha kho āyasmā vakkali upaṭṭhāke āmantesi etha tumhe āvuso yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamatha upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatha vakkali bhante bhikkhu ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno so bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatīti evañca vadetha sādhu kira bhante bhagavā yena vakkali bhikkhu tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyāti . evamāvusoti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato vakkalissa paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu upasaṅkamitvā .pe. Bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ vakkali bhante bhikkhu ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno so bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati evañca pana vadeti sādhu kira bhante bhagavā yena vakkali bhikkhu tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṃ upādāyāti. Adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.

[216] Atha kho bhagavā nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yenāyasmā vakkali tenupasaṅkami . addasā kho āyasmā vakkali bhagavantaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ disvāna mañcake samañcopi . atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ vakkaliṃ etadavoca alaṃ vakkali mā tvaṃ mañcake samañcopi santīmāni āsanāni paññattāni tatthāhaṃ nisīdissāmīti . nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane . nisajja kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ vakkaliṃ etadavoca kacci te vakkali khamanīyaṃ kacci yāpanīyaṃ kacci dukkhā vedanā paṭikkamanti no abhikkamanti . Paṭikkamo sānaṃ paññāyati no abhikkamoti. {216.1} Na me bhante khamanīyaṃ na yāpanīyaṃ bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti no paṭikkamanti abhikkamo sānaṃ paññāyati no paṭikkamoti . kacci te vakkali na kiñci kukkuccaṃ na koci vippaṭisāroti. Taggha me bhante anappakaṃ kukkuccaṃ anappako [2]- vippaṭisāroti . Kacci pana taṃ vakkali attā sīlato na upavadatīti . na kho maṃ bhante attā sīlato upavadatīti . no ce kira taṃ vakkali attā sīlato upavadati atha kiñci te kukkuccaṃ ko ca vippaṭisāroti . cirapaṭikāhaṃ bhante bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamitukāmo natthi ca me kāyasmiṃ tāvatikā balamattā yāvatāhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyanti. {216.2} Alaṃ vakkali kiṃ te iminā pūtikāyena diṭṭhena. No hetaṃ bhante . vedanā . saññā . saṅkhārā . viññāṇaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vāti . aniccaṃ bhante .pe. Eso me attāti. No hetaṃ bhante . tasmā tiha .pe. evaṃ passaṃ .pe. nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānātīti . atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ vakkaliṃ iminā ovādena ovaditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā yena gijjhakūṭo pabbato tena pakkami .