[4] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakyesu viharati sakkaraṃ nāma sakyānaṃ nigamo . atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca upaḍḍhamidaṃ bhante brahmacarayassa yadidaṃ kalyāṇamittatā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasampavaṅkatāti.

[5] Mā hevaṃ ānanda avaca mā hevaṃ ānanda avaca sakalameva hidaṃ ānanda brahmacariyaṃ yadidaṃ kalyāṇamittatā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasampavaṅkatā . kalyāṇamittassetaṃ ānanda bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṃ kalyāṇasahāyakassa kalyāṇasampavaṅkassa ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvessati ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkarissatīti.

[6] Kathañcānanda bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto kalyāṇasahāyo kalyāṇasampavaṅko ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaroti . idhānanda bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ sammāsaṅkappaṃ bhāveti Vivekanissitaṃ .pe. sammāvācaṃ bhāveti .pe. sammākammantaṃ bhāveti .pe. sammāājīvaṃ bhāveti .pe. sammāvāyāmaṃ bhāveti .pe. sammāsatiṃ bhāveti .pe. sammāsamādhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ . evaṃ kho ānanda bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto kalyāṇasahāyo kalyāṇasampavaṅko ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti ariyaṃ aṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaroti.

[7] Tadimināpetaṃ ānanda pariyāyena veditabbaṃ yathā sakalamevidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ yadidaṃ kalyāṇamittatā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasampavaṅkatāti . mamañhi ānanda kalyāṇamittaṃ āgamma jātidhammā sattā jātiyā parimuccanti jarādhammā sattā jarāya parimuccanti maraṇadhammā sattā maraṇena parimuccanti sokaparideva- dukkhadomanassupāyāsadhammā sattā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsehi parimuccanti . iminā kho etaṃ ānanda pariyāyena veditabbaṃ yathā sakalamevidaṃ brahmacariyaṃ yadidaṃ kalyāṇamittatā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasampavaṅkatāti.