5.
The Discourse on Asking Questions
165.
There the Venerable Sāriputta addressed the monks - etc.
"Whoever indeed, friends, asks another a question, all of them do so on five grounds, or on one or other of them.
Which five?
Due to dullness and sheer delusion, one asks another a question; having evil desires, overcome by desire, one asks another a question; with contempt, one asks another a question; desirous to know, one asks another a question; or else with such a mind, one asks another a question -
'If when asked he answers my question properly, that is wholesome; if when asked he does not answer my question properly, I will answer it properly for him.'
Whoever indeed, friends, asks another a question, all of them do so on these five grounds, or on one or other of them.
But I, friends, ask another a question with such a mind -
'If when asked he answers my question properly, that is wholesome; if when asked he does not answer my question properly, I will answer it properly for him.'"
The fifth.