พราหมณสูตร

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

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.

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.

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