一經講述辯士薩遮迦向佛陀請教如何訓練身心，佛陀因而詳述自己成道前的求道歷程——極端苦行、終悟枯槁之身無法證得真正安樂、五位苦行同伴因失望而離去，以及最終突破證得究竟解脫的經過。

A discourse in which the debater Saccaka questions the Buddha about training body and mind, prompting the Buddha to recount his own pre-Enlightenment quest — his extreme austerities, his eventual realization that a starved body cannot yield true bliss, the desertion of his five ascetic companions in disgust, and his final breakthrough to full liberation.