[1162] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ānando kosambiyaṃ viharati ghositārāme . atha kho uṇṇābho brāhmaṇo yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṃ sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho uṇṇābho brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca

[1163] Kimatthiyaṃ nu kho bho ānanda samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṃ vussatīti . chandappahānatthaṃ kho brāhmaṇa bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussatīti.

[1164] Atthi pana bho ānanda maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa chandassa pahānāyāti . atthi kho brāhmaṇa maggo atthi paṭipadā etassa chandassa pahānāyāti.

[1165] Katamo pana bho ānanda maggo katamā paṭipadā etassa chandassa pahānāyāti . idha brāhmaṇa bhikkhu chandasamādhi- padhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṃ iddhipādaṃ bhāveti . viriyasamādhi cittasamādhi vīmaṃsāsamādhipadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṃ iddhipādaṃ bhāveti . ayaṃ kho brāhmaṇa maggo ayaṃ paṭipadā etassa chandassa pahānāyāti.