2-7.
The Set of Six Discourses Beginning with the Abandoning of Fetters
42-47.
"If, monks, heterodox wandering ascetics were to ask you thus -
'For what purpose, friend, is the holy life lived under the ascetic Gotama?' - thus asked, you, monks, should answer those heterodox wandering ascetics thus -
'For the purpose of abandoning mental fetters, friend, is the holy life lived under the Blessed One.' Etc.
'For the purpose of uprooting underlying tendencies, friend, is the holy life lived under the Blessed One.' Etc.
'For the purpose of full understanding of the course of cyclic existence, friend, is the holy life lived under the Blessed One.' Etc.
'For the purpose of elimination of mental corruptions, friend, is the holy life lived under the Blessed One.' Etc.
'For the purpose of realisation of the fruit of true knowledge and liberation, friend, is the holy life lived under the Blessed One.' Etc.
'For the purpose of knowledge and vision, friend, is the holy life lived under the Blessed One.' Etc.
The seventh.