[386-392] Yaṃ viññū samanuyuñjantāti yena viññū amhe ca aññe ca pucchantā evaṃ vadeyyuṃ, taṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati, atthi taṃ kāraṇanti attho. Yaṃ vā pana bhonto pare gaṇācariyāti pare pana bhonto gaṇācariyā yaṃ vā taṃ vā appamattakaṃ pahāya vattantīti attho. Amheva tattha yebhuyyena pasaṃseyyunti idaṃ bhagavā satthārā satthāraṃ samanuyuñjanepi āha, saṃghena saṃghaṃ samanuyuñjanepi. Kasmā? saṃghapasaṃsāyapi satthuyeva pasaṃsāsiddhito. Pasīdamānāpi hi buddhasampattiyā saṃghe, saṃghasampattiyā ca buddhe pasīdanti, tathā hi bhagavato sarīranippattiṃ disvā dhammadesanaṃ vā sutvā bhavanti vattāro "lābhā vata bho sāvakānaṃ ye evarūpassa satthu santikāvacarā"ti, evaṃ buddhasampattiyā saṃghe pasīdanti. Bhikkhūnaṃ panācāragocaraṃ abhikkamapaṭikkamādīni ca disvā bhavanti vattāro "santikāvacarānaṃ vata bho sāvakānaṃ ayañca upasamaguṇo satthu kīvarūpo bhavissatī"ti. Evaṃ saṃghasampattiyā buddhe pasīdanti. Iti yā satthu pasaṃsā, sā saṃghassa, yā saṃghassa pasaṃsā, sā satthūti saṃghapasaṃsāyapi satthuyeva pasaṃsāsiddhito bhagavā dvīsupi nayesu "amheva tattha yebhuyyena pasaṃseyyun"ti āha. Samaṇo gotamo ime dhamme anavasesaṃ pahāya vattati yaṃ vā pana bhonto pare gaṇācariyāti ādīsupi panettha ayamadhippāyo:- sampattasamādānasetughātavasena hi tisso viratiyo. Tāsu

Sampattasamādānaviratimattameva aññesaṃ hoti, setughātavirati pana sabbena sabbaṃ natthi. Pañcasu pana tadaṅgavikkhambhanasamucchedapaṭippassaddhinissaraṇappahānesu aṭṭha- samāpattivasena ceva vipassanāmattavasena ca tadaṅgavikkhambhanappahānamattameva aññesaṃ hoti. Itarāni tīṇi pahānāni sabbena sabbaṃ natthi. Tathā hi sīlasaṃvaro khantisaṃvaro ñāṇasaṃvaro satisaṃvaro viriyasaṃvaroti pañca saṃvarā, tesu pañcasīlamattameva adhivāsanakhantimattameva ca aññesaṃ hoti, sesaṃ sabbena sabbaṃ natthi. Pañca kho panime uposathuddesā, tesu pañcasīlamattameva aññesaṃ hoti. Pāṭimokkhasaṃvarasīlaṃ sabbena sabbaṃ natthi.