Saraṇagamanappabhede pana duvidhaṃ saraṇagamanaṃ lokuttaraṃ lokiyañca. Tattha lokuttaraṃ diṭṭhasaccānaṃ maggakkhaṇe saraṇagamanūpakilesamucchedena ārammaṇato nibbānārammaṇaṃ hutvā kiccato sakalepi ratanattaye ijjhati. Lokiyaputhujjanānaṃ saraṇagamanūpakilesavikkhambhanena ārammaṇato buddhādiguṇārammaṇaṃ hutvā ijjhati, taṃ atthato buddhādīsu vatthūsu saddhāpaṭilābho, saddhāmūlikā ca sammādiṭṭhi dasasu puññakiriyāvatthūsu diṭṭhujukammanti vuccati.

Tayidaṃ catudhā pavattati attasanniyātanena tapparāyanatāya sissabhāvūpagamanena paṇipātenāti. Tattha attasanniyyātanaṃ nāma "ajjādiṃ katvā ahaṃ attānaṃ buddhassa niyyādemi, dhammassa saṃghassā"ti evaṃ buddhādīnaṃ attapariccajanaṃ. Tapparāyanatā nāma "ajjādiṃ katvā ahaṃ buddhaparāyano, dhammaparāyano, saṃghaparāyano iti maṃ dhārethā"ti evaṃ tapparāyanabhāvo. Sissabhāvūpagamanaṃ nāma "ajjādiṃ katvā ahaṃ buddhassa antevāsiko, dhammassa, saṃghassa iti maṃ dhārethā"ti evaṃ sissabhāvūpagamo. Paṇipāto nāma "ajjādiṃ katvā ahaṃ abhivādanaṃ paccuṭṭhānaṃ añjalīkammaṃ sāmīcikammaṃ buddhādīnaṃyeva tiṇṇaṃ vatthūnaṃ karomi, iti maṃ dhārethā"ti evaṃ buddhādīsu paramanipaccakāro. Imesañhi catunnaṃ ākārānaṃ aññataraṃpi karontena gahitaṃyeva hoti saraṇagamanaṃ.

Apica bhagavato attānaṃ pariccajāmi, dhammassa, saṃghassa attānaṃ pariccajāmi. Jīvitaṃ pariccajāmi, pariccattoyeva me attā, pariccattaṃyeva me jīvitaṃ, jīvitapariyantikaṃ buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, buddho me saraṇaṃ leṇaṃ tāṇanti evaṃpi attasanniyyātanaṃ veditabbaṃ. "satthārañca vatāhaṃ passeyyaṃ bhagavantameva passeyyaṃ, sugatañca vātāhaṃ passeyyaṃ bhagavantameva passeyyaṃ, sammāsambuddhaṃ ca vatāhaṃ passeyyaṃ bhagavantameva passeyyan"ti evampi mahākassapassa saraṇagamane viya sissabhāvūpagamanaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ.