53(3)Brief
Also at Vin IⅡ258-59.The sutta mirrors 7:83.
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Vesalī in the hall with the peaked roof in the Great Wood.
Then Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī approached the Blessed One,
paid homage to him,stood to one side,
and said to him:
"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Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief,so that,having heard the Dhamma from the Blessed One,I might dwell alone,withdrawn,heedful,ardent,and resolute."
"Gotamī,those things of which you might know:
'These things
lead (1)to passion,not to dispassion;
(2)to bondage,not to detachment;
(3)to building up,not to dismantling;
(4)to strong desires,not to fewness of desires;
(5)to non-contentment,not to contentment;
(6)to company,not to solitude;
(7)to laziness,not to the arousing of energy;
(8)to being difficult to support,not to being easy to support,'you should definitely recognize:
'This is not the Dhamma;this is not the discipline;this is not the teaching of the Teacher.'
But,Gotamī,those things of which you might know:
"These things lead(1)to dispassion,not to passion;
(2)to detachment,not to bondage;
(3)to dismantling,not to building up;
(4)to fewness of desires,not to strong desires;
(5)to contentment,not to non-contentment;
(6)to solitude,not[281]to company;
(7)to the arousing of energy,not to laziness;
(8)to being easy to support,not to being difficult to support,'you should definitely recognize:
This is the Dhamma;this is the discipline;this is the teaching of the Teacher.'"