Saṅkhittasutta

In this way, a certain disciple approached the Blessed One, sat down to one side, and said to him, Venerable sir, may the Blessed One please teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that having heard the Blessed One's Dhamma, I may dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute.

Thus some foolish persons ask of me alone.

Having heard the Dhamma, they think they should follow only me.

Teach me, Venerable Sir, the Dhamma in brief. Teach me, Blessed One, the Dhamma in brief.

Perhaps I may know the meaning of what the Blessed One has spoken, perhaps I may become an heir to the Blessed One's teaching.

Therefore, disciple, you should train thus: ‘My mind will be steady, well-established internally, and arisen unskillful unwholesome states will not take hold of and remain in my mind.

It is in this way, disciple, that you should train.

When your mind is internally steady, well-established, and arisen unskillful unwholesome states do not take hold and remain, then you should train in this way: My release of mind through goodwill will be developed, cultivated, practiced frequently, made a vehicle and basis, brought to be, consolidated, and properly undertaken.

It is in this way, disciple, that you should train.

When this concentration is thus developed, made much of, then you should develop this concentration with initial and sustained application of attention; you should develop it without initial and with only sustained application of attention; you should develop it without initial and sustained application; you should develop it accompanied by pīti; you should develop it without pīti; you should develop it accompanied by joy; you should develop it accompanied by equanimity.

When this concentration is thus developed, well-developed, then you should train in this way: My release of mind through compassion...

my release of mind through sympathetic joy...

my release of mind through equanimity will be developed, cultivated, practiced frequently, made a vehicle and basis, brought to be, consolidated, and properly undertaken.

It is in this way, disciple, that you should train.

Disciple, when this concentration is thus developed and well cultivated in you, then you should cultivate this concentration with applied and sustained attention, as well as with mere reflection, and without either; with pīti, and without pīti; accompanied by pleasure, and accompanied by equanimity.

When this concentration is thus developed and well cultivated in you, then, disciple, you should train yourself thus: I will dwell contemplating the body in the body, ardent, fully aware, and mindful, having removed craving and aversion for the world.

Thus should you train yourself, disciple.

When this concentration is thus developed and frequently practiced in you, disciple, then you should cultivate this concentration with applied and sustained attention, with mere reflection, and without either; with pīti, and without pīti; accompanied by pleasure, and accompanied by equanimity.

When this concentration is thus developed and well cultivated in you, then, disciple, you should train yourself thus: I will dwell contemplating feelings in feelings, mind in mind, phenomena in phenomena, ardent, fully aware, and mindful, having removed craving and aversion for the world.

Thus should you train yourself, disciple.

When this concentration is thus developed and frequently practiced in you, disciple, then you should cultivate this concentration with applied and sustained attention, with mere reflection, and without either; with pīti, and without pīti; accompanied by pleasure, and accompanied by equanimity.

When this concentration is thus developed and well cultivated in you, then wherever you go, you will go comfortably; wherever you stand, you will stand comfortably; wherever you sit, you will sit comfortably; wherever you lie down, you will lie down comfortably.

Then that disciple, having been advised with this exhortation by the Blessed One, rose from his seat, bowed to the Blessed One, and departed, keeping him to his right.

Then that disciple, being secluded, heedful, ardent, and resolute, before long attained the ultimate goal for which sons of good family rightly go forth from the household life into homelessness. He directly realized, reached, and dwelt in the consummation of the holy life in this very life through his own higher knowing.

He known: Birth is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more of this state of being. And that disciple became one of the arahants.