[773] Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ca ānando āyasmā ca bhaddo pāṭaliputte viharanti kukkuṭārāme . atha kho āyasmā bhaddo sāyaṇhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddo āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca

[774] Ko nu kho āvuso ānanda hetu ko paccayo yena saddhammaparihānaṃ hoti . ko nu kho āvuso ānanda hetu ko paccayo yena saddhammaaparihānaṃ hotīti . sādhu sādhu āvuso bhadda bhaddako kho te āvuso bhadda ummaggo bhaddakaṃ paṭibhāṇaṃ kalyāṇī paripucchā . evañhi tvaṃ āvuso bhadda pucchasi ko nu kho āvuso ānanda hetu ko paccayo yena Saddhammaparihānaṃ hoti . ko panāvuso ānanda hetu ko paccayo yena saddhammaaparihānaṃ hotīti. Evamāvusoti.

[775] Catunnaṃ kho āvuso satipaṭṭhānānaṃ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā saddhammaparihānaṃ hoti . catunnaṃ ca kho āvuso satipaṭṭhānānaṃ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā saddhammaaparihānaṃ hoti . Katamesaṃ catunnaṃ . idhāvuso bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ . vedanāsu citte dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ . imesaṃ kho āvuso catunnaṃ satipaṭṭhānānaṃ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā saddhammaparihānaṃ hoti . Imesaṃ ca kho āvuso catunnaṃ satipaṭṭhānānaṃ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā saddhammaaparihānaṃ hotīti.