dukkhitassa sakkacca karoti kiccaṃ
tathāvidhaṃ sappurisaṃ vadantī"ti.
"kalyāṇamitto daḷhabhatti ca hotī"ti ettāvatā hi buddhasāvako vutto, kataññutādīhi buddhā paccekabuddhāti. Idāni yo tesaṃ ariyānaṃ adassanasīlo, na ca dassane sādhukārī, so ariyānaṃ adassāvīti veditabbo. So cakkhunā adassāvī, ñāṇena adassāvīti duvidho, tesu ñāṇena adassāvī idha adhippeto. Maṃsacakkhunā hi dibbacakkhunā vā ariyā diṭṭhāpi adiṭṭhāva honti, tesaṃ cakkhūnaṃ vaṇṇamattaggahaṇato, na ariyabhāvagocarato. Soṇasiṅgālādayopi cakkhunā ariye passanti, na ca te ariyānaṃ dassāvino.
Tatridaṃ vatthu:- cittalapabbatavāsino kira khīṇāsavattherassa upaṭṭhāko vuḍḍhapabbajito ekadivasaṃ therena saddhiṃ piṇḍāya caritvā therassa pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā piṭṭhito āgacchanto theraṃ pucchi "ariyā nāma bhante kīdisā"ti. Thero āha "idhekacco mahallako ariyānaṃ pattacīvaraṃ gahetvā vattapaṭivattaṃ katvā sahacarantopi neva ariye jānāti, evaṃ dujjānā āvuso ariyā"ti. Evaṃ vuttepi so neva aññāsi. Tasmā na cakkhunā dassanaṃ dassanaṃ, ñāṇadassanameva dassanaṃ. Yathāha "kinte vakkali iminā pūtikāyena diṭṭhena, yo kho vakkali dhammaṃ passati, so maṃ passatī"ti. Tasmā cakkhunā passantopi ñāṇena