[777] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . atha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo Yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca

[778] Ko nu kho bho gotama hetu ko paccayo yena tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti . ko pana bho gotama hetu ko paccayo yena tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo ciraṭṭhitiko hotīti.

[779] Catunnaṃ kho brāhmaṇa satipaṭṭhānānaṃ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti . Catunnaṃ ca kho brāhmaṇa satipaṭṭhānānaṃ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo ciraṭṭhitiko hoti . katamesaṃ catunnaṃ . idha brāhmaṇa bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ . vedanāsu citte dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ . imesaṃ kho brāhmaṇa catunnaṃ satipaṭṭhānānaṃ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti . imesaṃ ca kho brāhmaṇa catunnaṃ satipaṭṭhānānaṃ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo ciraṭṭhitiko hotīti.

[780] Evaṃ vutte so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca Abhikkantaṃ bho gotama abhikkantaṃ bho gotama .pe. upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṅgatanti.