"buddho"ti kittayantassa, yassa kāye bhavati yā pīti, varameva hi sā pīti, kasiṇenāpi jambudīpassa. `dhammo'ti .pe. `saṃgho'ti

Kittayantassa, yassa kāye bhavati yā pīti, varameva hi sā pīti, kasiṇenāpi jambudīpassā"ti ca.

"ye bhikkhave buddhe pasannā, agge te pasannā"ti ca evamādīhi anekasatehi suttantehi ratanattaye pītisomanassaṃyeva vaṇṇitanti? saccaṃ vaṇṇitaṃ, taṃ pana nekkhammanissitaṃ. Idha "amhākaṃ buddho amhākaṃ dhammo"ti ādinā nayena āyasmato channassa uppannasadisaṃ gehanissitaṃ pītisomanassaṃ adhippetaṃ. Idaṃ hi jhānādipaṭilābhāya antarāyakaraṃ hoti. Tenevāyasmā channopi yāva buddho na parinibbāyi, tāva visesaṃ nibbattetuṃ nāsakkhi, parinibbānakāle paññattena pana brahmadaṇḍena tajjito taṃ pītisomanassaṃ pahāya visesaṃ nibbattesi. Tasmā antarāyakaraṃyeva sandhāya idaṃ vuttanti veditabbaṃ. Ayaṃ hi lobhasahagatā pīti, lobho ca kodhasadisova. Yathāha:-