"sukho buddhānamuppādoti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto sambahulānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ kathaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Ekadivasaṃ hi pañcasatā bhikkhū upaṭṭhānasālāyaṃ nisinnā "āvuso kiṃ nu kho imasmiṃ loke sukhanti kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ. Tattha keci "rajjasukhasadisaṃ sukhannāma natthīti āhaṃsu. Keci "kāmasukhasadisaṃ... Keci "sālimaṃsabhojanasukhasadisaṃ sukhannāma natthīti āhaṃsu. Satthā tesaṃ nisinnaṭṭhānaṃ āgantvā "kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchitvā, "imāya nāmāti vutte, "bhikkhave kiṃ kathetha, idaṃ hi sabbaṃpi sukhaṃ vaṭṭadukkha- pariyāpannameva, imasmiṃ pana loke `buddhuppādo dhammassavanaṃ saṅghasāmaggī sammodamānabhāvoti idameva sukhanti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha

"sukho buddhānamuppādo, sukhā saddhammadesanā,

sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī, samaggānaṃ tapo sukhoti.