一部經，佛陀向釋迦族人摩訶男解說未斷除的心念如何生出貪嗔癡，並追述自己成正覺前的掙扎，以及曾與信奉苦行滅苦的裸形外道的對話。

A discourse to the Sakyan Mahānāma in which the Buddha explains how unabandoned states of mind give rise to greed, hatred and delusion, recounting his own pre-Enlightenment struggles and a conversation with ascetics who believed suffering ends through austerities.