Cullavagga - Tenth Khandhaka: Chapter 5

1. Now Mahâ-pajâpatî the Gotamî went to the Blessed One [etc., as before], and
said: 'May the Blessed One preach to me the Dhamma (truth, doctrine) in
abstract; so that, having heard the doctrine of the Blessed One, I may remain
alone and separate, earnest, zealous, and resolved 1.'
'Of whatsoever doctrines thou shalt be conscious, Gotamî, that they conduce to
passion and not to peace, to pride and not to veneration, to wishing for much
and not to wishing for little, to love of society and not to seclusion, to sloth
and not to the exercise of zeal, to being hard to satisfy and not to content
2--verily mayest thou then, Gotamî, bear in mind
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that that is not Dhamma, that that is not Vinaya, that that is not the teaching
of the Master. But of whatsoever doctrines thou shalt be conscious, Gotamî, that
they conduce to peace and not to passion, to veneration and not to pride, to
wishing for little and not to wishing for much, to seclusion and not to love of
society, to the exercise of zeal and not to sloth, to content and not to
querulousness--verily mayest thou then bear in mind that that is Dhamma, and
that is Vinaya, and that the teaching of the Master.'



Footnotes
329:1 These last words are the standing expression for the preparatory stage to
Arahatship. Compare Mahâvagga I, 6, 16; Mahâ-parinibbâna Sutta V, 68. The whole
speech frequently occurs in the Samyutta Nikâya at the commencement of
conversations with the Buddha.
329:2 Most of these terms have already occurred in the standing 'religious
discourse' which is related to have preceded the enunciation of so many of the
rules for Bhikkhus (Cullavagga I, 2, 3).