Bhagavā tattha āgacchīti mahākaruṇāsañcoditamānaso maṃ anuggaṇhanto bhagavā yatthāhaṃ ṭhito, tattha āgacchi. Āgantvā ca "panthaka ahaṃ te satthā, na mahāpanthako, maṃ uddissa tava pabbajjā"ti samassāsento sīsaṃ mayhaṃ parāmasi jālābandhanamudutalunapīṇavarāyataṅgulisamupasobhitena vikasitapadumasassirīkena cakkaṅkitena hatthatalena "idāniyeva mama putto bhavissatī"ti dīpento mayhaṃ sīsaṃ parāmasi. Bāhāya maṃ gahetvānāti "kasmā tvaṃ idha tiṭṭhasī"ti candanagandhagandhinā attano hatthena maṃ bhuje gahetvā antosaṃghārāmaṃ pavesesi. Pādāsi pādapuñchaninti pādapuñchaniṃ katvā pādāsi "rajoharaṇanti manasi karohī"ti adāsīti attho. "adāsī"ti "pādapuñchanin"ti ca paṭhanti. Keci pana "pādapuñchaninti pādapuñchanacoḷakkhaṇḍaṃ pādāsī"ti vadanti. Tadayuttaṃ iddhiyā abhisaṅkharitvā coḷakkhaṇḍassa dinnattā. Etaṃ suddhaṃ adhiṭṭhehi, ekamantaṃ svadhiṭṭhitanti etaṃ suddhaṃ coḷakkhaṇḍaṃ "rajoharaṇaṃ, rajoharaṇan"ti manasikārena svadhiṭṭhitaṃ katvā ekamantaṃ ekamante vivitte gandhakuṭipamkhe nisinno adhiṭṭhehi tathā cittaṃ samāhitaṃ katvā pavattehi.
Tassāhaṃ vacanaṃ sutvāti tassa bhagavato vacanaṃ ovādaṃ ahaṃ sutvā tasmiṃ sāsane ovāde rato abhirato hutvā vihāsiṃ yathānusiṭṭhaṃ paṭipajjiṃ. Paṭipajjanto ca samādhiṃ paṭipādesiṃ, uttamatthassa pattiyāti uttamattho nāma arahattaṃ, tassa adhigamāya kasiṇaparikammavasena rūpajjhānāni nibbattetvā jhānapādakaṃ vipassanaṃ paṭṭhapetvā maggapaṭipāṭiyā aggamaggasamādhiṃ sampādesinti attho. Ettha hi samādhīti upacārasamādhito paṭṭhāya yāva catutthamaggasamādhi, tāva samādhisāmaññena gahito, aggaphalasamādhi pana uttamatthaggahaṇena, sātisayaṃ cevāyaṃ samādhikusalo, tasmā "samādhiṃ
Samādhikusalatāya hi ayamāyasmā cetovivaṭṭakusalo nāma jāto, mahāpanthakatthero pana vipassanākusalatāya saññāvivaṭṭakusalo nāma. Eko cettha samādhilakkhaṇe cheko, eko vipassanālakkhaṇe, eko samādhigāḷho, eko vipassanā- gāḷho, eko aṅgasaṅkhitte cheko, eko ārammaṇasaṅkhitte, eko aṅgavavatthāne, eko ārammaṇavavatthāneti vaṇṇenti. Apica cūḷapanthakatthero sātisayaṃ catunnaṃ rūpāvacarajjhānānaṃ lābhitāya cetovivaṭṭakusalo vutto, mahāpanthakatthero sātisayaṃ catunnaṃ arūpāvacarajjhānānaṃ lābhitāya saññāvivaṭṭakusalo. Paṭhamo vā rūpāvacarajjhāna- lābhī hutvā jhānaṅgehi vuṭṭhāya arahattaṃ pattoti cetovivaṭṭakusalo, itaro arūpāvacarajjhānalābhī hutvā jhānaṅgehi vuṭṭhāya arahattaṃ pattoti saññāvivaṭṭakusalo. Manomayaṃ pana kāyaṃ nibbattento aññe tayo vā cattāro vā nibbattenti, na bahuke, ekasadiseyeva ca katvā nibbattenti, ekavidhameva kammaṃ kurumāne. Ayaṃ pana thero ekāvajjanena samaṇasahassaṃ māpesi, dvepi na kāyena ekasadise akāsi, na ekavidhaṃ kammaṃ kurumāne. Tasmā manomayaṃ kāyaṃ abhinimminantānaṃ aggo nāma jāto.