クシナーラーで説かれた経で、仏陀は比丘たちに念処など高次の教えを修めるよう促し、教法の意味と語句をめぐる論争を処理するための規則を定めており、その名称は仏陀の冒頭の言葉に由来する

A sutta taught at Kusinārā in which the Buddha urges the monks to train in the higher teachings such as the foundations of mindfulness and lays down rules for handling disputes over the meaning and wording of the doctrine, taking its name from the Buddha’s opening words.