佛陀因憍赏弥比丘争执一事，前往 Pācīnavaṃsadāya 教诫其堂弟阿那律、Nandiya 与 Kimbila 如何排除障碍修习禅定，部分偈颂亦见于《法句经》。

A discourse taught to the cousins Anuruddha, Nandiya, and Kimbila at Pācīnavaṃsadāya during the Kosambī monks’ quarrel, in which the Buddha instructs them on developing meditation free of obstacles; some verses are shared with the Dhammapada.

以黄金因杂质不能发亮为喻，说明贪欲、嗔恚、昏沉睡眠、掉悔、疑五种烦恼令心不堪调柔、无法灭尽诸漏。

A discourse comparing the impurities that prevent gold from shining to the five corruptions — sensual desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness, and doubt — that keep the mind unmalleable and unfit for ending the taints.

以云、雾、烟尘与日月食遮蔽日月光辉为喻，说明饮酒、行淫、蓄财、邪命四事损减沙门修士的清净圣德。

A discourse comparing the clouds, mist, smoke, and eclipse that dim the sun and moon to the intoxicants, sexual relations, money, and wrong livelihood that diminish the holiness of ascetics.

重申黄金杂质之喻，并补充说明心一旦净除五种烦恼即变得调柔堪能，可证得神通等胜智乃至灭尽诸漏。

A discourse restating the gold-impurity teaching and adding that a mind purified of the five corruptions becomes malleable enough to attain higher knowledge, psychic powers, and the destruction of the taints.