83(9)The Teaching
Then the Venerable Upali approached the Blessed One,
paid homage to him,sat down to one side,
and said:
"Bhante,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One,I might dwell alone,withdrawn,heedful,ardent,and resolute."
"Upali,those things which you might know thus:
'These things do not lead exclusively to disenchantment,to dispassion,to cessation,to peace,to direct knowledge,to enlightenment,to nibbāna,'
you should definitely recognize:
"This is not the Dhamma;this is not the discipline;this is not the teaching of the Teacher.'
But those things which you might know thus:
'These things lead exclusively to disenchantment,to dispassion,to cessation,to peace,to direct knowledge,to enlightenment,to nibbāna,'
you should definitely recognize:
'This is the Dhamma;this is the discipline;this is the teaching of theTeacher.'"[144]