祇陀林で説かれ、比丘が界・処・縁起および可能・不可能の理にどのように精通するかについての阿難の問いに仏陀が答えた経で、他にもいくつかの別名で知られる。

A discourse given at Jetavana in which the Buddha answers Ānanda’s questions on how a monk masters the elements, the senses, causation, and the possible and impossible, also known by several other names.