记述居士优婆离皈依经过的一部经文；佛陀驳斥耆那教身业最为可责之说，教示意业方为诸业中最重，经末附有优婆离颂扬佛陀的偈颂。

A discourse recording the conversion of the householder Upāli, in which the Buddha, against the Jain view that bodily deeds are most blameworthy, teaches that deeds of mind are the most blameworthy, concluding with Upāli’s verses of praise.

优波离尊者请教佛陀制戒与诵戒之十种目的，以及暂停诵戒的十种正当理由。

A discourse in which Upāli Thera asks the Buddha for what ten purposes the monastic precepts and the recitation of the Pāṭimokkha were established, and the ten reasons that justify its suspension.

优波离尊者欲隐居山林，佛陀以象与兔戏水深潭为喻，说明未证心之安定者不宜遽然独处，劝其继续与僧团共住。

A discourse in which the Buddha dissuades Upāli Thera from retiring to forest solitude before attaining mental tranquillity, illustrating with the simile of a full-grown elephant versus a hare disporting in a deep lake, and advises him to remain among the monks.