此经在鹿野苑宣说，佛陀忆及自己最初在此宣说四圣谛，并嘱咐比丘应追随舍利弗与大目犍连，随后舍利弗接续开示，详加阐释四圣谛；此段内容后被并入《大念处经》结语部分。

A discourse at Isipatana in which the Buddha recalls first teaching the Four Noble Truths there and exhorts the monks to follow Sāriputta and Mahā-Moggallāna, after which Sāriputta takes up the discourse to give a detailed exposition of the Truths — later incorporated into the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta.