3.
The Discourse on Delighting
65.
At Sāvatthī.
Then a certain monk... etc.
Seated to one side, that monk said this to the Blessed One -
"It would be good, venerable sir, if the Blessed One in brief... etc.
I might dwell resolute."
"Delighting in, monk, one is bound by Māra;
not delighting in, one is released from the Evil One."
"Understood, Blessed One, understood, Fortunate One."
"In what way, then, monk, do you understand in detail the meaning of what was spoken by me in brief?" "Delighting in matter, venerable sir, one is bound by Māra; not delighting in, one is released from the Evil One. Feeling... perception... activities... Delighting in consciousness, one is bound by Māra; not delighting in, one is released from the Evil One. I, venerable sir, understand in detail the meaning of what the Blessed One has spoken in brief thus."
"Good, good, monk! Good indeed, monk, you understand in detail the meaning of what was spoken by me in brief. Delighting in matter, monk, one is bound by Māra; not delighting in, one is released from the Evil One. Feeling... perception... activities... Delighting in consciousness, one is bound by Māra; not delighting in, one is released from the Evil One. This, monk, is how the meaning of what was spoken by me in brief should be understood in detail," etc. And that monk became one of the Worthy Ones. The third.