[629] Atha kho rāsiyo gāmaṇī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho rāsiyo gāmaṇī bhagavantaṃ etadavoca sutammetaṃ bhante Samaṇo gotamo sabbaṃ tapaṃ garahati sabbaṃ tapassiṃ lūkhajīviṃ ekaṃsena upavadati upakkosatīti . ye te bhante evamāhaṃsu samaṇo gotamo sabbaṃ tapaṃ garahati sabbaṃ tapassiṃ lūkhajīviṃ ekaṃsena upavadati upakkosatīti . kacci te bhante bhagavato vuttavādino na ca bhagavantaṃ abhūtena abbhācikkhanti dhammassa cānudhammaṃ byākaronti na ca koci sahadhammiko vādānupāto gārayhaṃ ṭhānaṃ āgacchatīti. Ye te gāmaṇi evamāhaṃsu samaṇo gotamo sabbaṃ tapaṃ garahati sabbaṃ tapassiṃ lūkhajīviṃ ekaṃsena upavadati upakkosatīti . na me te vuttavādino abbhācikkhanti ca pana mante asatā abhūtena .

[630] Dveme gāmaṇi antā pabbajitena na sevitabbā yo cāyaṃ kāmesu kāmasukhallikānuyogo hīno gammo pothujjaniko anariyo anatthasañhito yo cāyaṃ attakilamathānuyogo dukkho anariyo anatthasañhito . ete te gāmaṇi ubho ante anupagamma majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati . katamā ca sā gāmaṇi majjhimā paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati . ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo . seyyathīdaṃ . Sammādiṭṭhi .pe. sammāsamādhi . ayaṃ kho sā gāmaṇi majjhimā Paṭipadā tathāgatena abhisambuddhā cakkhukaraṇī ñāṇakaraṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati.

[631] Tayome gāmaṇi kāmabhogino santo saṃvijjamānā lokasmiṃ . katame tayo . idha gāmaṇi ekacco kāmabhogī adhammena bhoge pariyesati sāhasena adhammena bhoge pariyesitvā sāhasena na attānaṃ sukheti na pīṇeti na saṃvibhajati na puññāni karoti . idha pana gāmaṇi ekacco kāmabhogī adhammena bhoge pariyesati sāhasena adhammena bhoge pariyesitvā sāhasena attānaṃ sukheti pīṇeti na saṃvibhajati na puññāni karoti . idha pana gāmaṇi ekacco kāmabhogī adhammena bhoge pariyesati sāhasena adhammena bhoge pariyesitvā sāhasena attānaṃ sukheti pīṇeti saṃvibhajati puññāni karoti.