AN 8.53

Saṅkhittasutta

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ. Atha kho mahāpajāpatī gotamī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā mahāpajāpatī gotamī bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Brief Advice to Gotamī

At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. Then Mahāpajāpati Gotamī went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him:

“Sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā ekā vūpakaṭṭhā appamattā ātāpinī pahitattā vihareyyan”ti. “Ye kho tvaṁ, gotami, dhamme jāneyyāsi: ‘ime dhammā sarāgāya saṁvattanti, no virāgāya; saṁyogāya saṁvattanti, no visaṁyogāya; ācayāya saṁvattanti, no apacayāya; mahicchatāya saṁvattanti, no appicchatāya; asantuṭṭhiyā saṁvattanti, no santuṭṭhiyā; saṅgaṇikāya saṁvattanti, no pavivekāya; kosajjāya saṁvattanti, no vīriyārambhāya; dubbharatāya saṁvattanti, no subharatāyā’ti, ekaṁsena, gotami, dhāreyyāsi: ‘neso dhammo, neso vinayo, netaṁ satthusāsanan’ti.

“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.” “Gotamī, you might know that certain things lead to passion, not dispassion; to yoking, not to unyoking; to accumulation, not dispersal; to more desires, not fewer; to lack of contentment, not contentment; to crowding, not seclusion; to laziness, not energy; to being burdensome, not being unburdensome. Categorically, you should remember these things as not the teaching, not the training, and not the Teacher’s instructions.

Ye ca kho tvaṁ, gotami, dhamme jāneyyāsi: ‘ime dhammā virāgāya saṁvattanti, no sarāgāya; visaṁyogāya saṁvattanti, no saṁyogāya; apacayāya saṁvattanti, no ācayāya; appicchatāya saṁvattanti, no mahicchatāya; santuṭṭhiyā saṁvattanti, no asantuṭṭhiyā; pavivekāya saṁvattanti, no saṅgaṇikāya; vīriyārambhāya saṁvattanti, no kosajjāya; subharatāya saṁvattanti, no dubbharatāyā’ti, ekaṁsena, gotami, dhāreyyāsi: ‘eso dhammo, eso vinayo, etaṁ satthusāsanan’”ti.

You might know that certain things lead to dispassion, not passion; to unyoking, not to yoking; to dispersal, not accumulation; to fewer desires, not more; to contentment, not lack of contentment; to seclusion, not crowding; to energy, not laziness; to being unburdensome, not being burdensome. Categorically, you should remember these things as the teaching, the training, and the Teacher’s instructions.”