1At Sāvatthī. Then a certain bhikkhu approached the Blessed One … and said to him:

"Venerable sir, it would be good if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that, having heard the Dhamma from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, ardent, and resolute."

"Bhikkhu, you should abandon desire for whatever is impermanent."

"Understood, Blessed One! Understood, Fortunate One!"

2"In what way, bhikkhu, do you understand in detail the meaning of what was stated by me in brief?"

"Form, venerable sir, is impermanent; I should abandon desire for it.
Feeling is impermanent …
Perception is impermanent …
Volitional formations are impermanent …
Consciousness is impermanent; I should abandon desire for it.

"It is in such a way, venerable sir, that I understand in detail the meaning of what was stated by the Blessed One in brief."

3"Good, good, bhikkhu! It is good that you understand in detail the meaning of what was stated by me in brief.

Form is impermanent; you should abandon desire for it.
Feeling is impermanent …
Perception is impermanent …
Volitional formations are impermanent …
Consciousness is impermanent; you should abandon desire for it.

It is in such a way that the meaning of what was stated by me in brief should be understood in detail." sn.iii.77

Then that bhikkhu, having delighted and rejoiced in the Blessed One's words, rose from his seat, and, after paying homage to the Blessed One, keeping him on his right, he departed.

Then, dwelling alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute, that bhikkhu, by realizing it for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life entered and dwelt in that unsurpassed goal of the holy life for the sake of which clansmen rightly go forth from the household life into homelessness.

He directly knew: "Destroyed is birth, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being." And that bhikkhu became one of the arahants.

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu … pe … ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

"Sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu … pe … ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan"ti.

"Yaṁ kho, bhikkhu, aniccaṁ; tatra te chando pahātabbo"ti.

"Aññātaṁ, bhagavā, aññātaṁ, sugatā"ti.

2"Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsī"ti?

"Rūpaṁ kho, bhante, aniccaṁ; tatra me chando pahātabbo.
Vedanā …
saññā …
saṅkhārā …
viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ; tatra me chando pahātabbo.

Imassa khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmī"ti.

3"Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhu. Sādhu kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsi.

Rūpaṁ kho, bhikkhu, aniccaṁ; tatra te chando pahātabbo.
Vedanā aniccā …
saññā …
saṅkhārā …
viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ; tatra kho te chando pahātabbo.

Imassa kho, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena attho daṭṭhabbo"ti.

… pe … aññataro ca pana so bhikkhu arahataṁ ahosīti.

Catutthaṁ.