Pāsādika Sutta

Sutta

《長部》第二十九經，起因於耆那教領袖尼乾陀若提子去世後其門徒陷入紛爭的消息傳來，佛陀藉此說明這種分裂本是那種教法的性格使然，進而詳述真正圓滿的導師與教法應具備哪些特質，並以如來自身為其典範。

The twenty ninth sutta of the Dīghanikāya.

Cunda-Samaṇuddesa, who had been spending the rainy season at Pāvā, returns and reports to Ānanda the death of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta and the consequent wrangling that had broken out among the Nigaṇṭhā. Together they visit the Buddha at Sāmagāma and tell him of it. He replies that this is to be expected from the character of Nāṭaputta and from the doctrine that he taught. The Buddha then proceeds to give in detail the qualities of the perfect teacher and the perfect teaching. The Tathāgata is such a teacher and the Dhamma such a teaching (D.iii.117-41).

In the Pāsādika Sutta the threefold training is called brahmacariya. DA.i.179; MA.i.275.