比丘たちが孤独な森の生活にどう耐えるかと問われた仏陀が、悟り以前に求道者として自ら直面した恐怖を思い起こし、恐れは欲望と落ち着きのなさに囚われた心にのみ生じると説明し、自らの悟りに至った瞑想的発達の段階を述べる経。

A discourse in which the Buddha, questioned about how monks manage to endure solitary forest life, recalls the fears he himself faced as an aspirant before Enlightenment, explains that dread arises only in a heart gripped by desire and restlessness, and describes the stages of meditative development that led to his own awakening.