Numbered Discourses 7.83

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1. Numbered Discourses 7.83
2. 8. The Monastic Law
3. The Teacher’s Instructions
4. Then Venerable Upāli went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
5. “Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”
6. “Upāli, you might know that
7. certain things don’t lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
8. Categorically, you should remember these things as
9. not the teaching, not the training, and not the Teacher’s instructions.
10. You might know that
11. certain things do lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
12. Categorically, you should remember these things as
13. the teaching, the training, and the Teacher’s instructions.”