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The Discourse on Classification
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There the venerable Sāriputta addressed the monks:
"Friends, monks!"
"Friend," those monks assented to the venerable Sāriputta.
The venerable Sāriputta said:
"Within a fortnight of my full ordination, friend, the analytical knowledge of meaning was realised by me, limitedly and by phrasing. That I tell in many ways, I teach, I make known, I establish, I make clear, I analyse, I elucidate. But whoever has uncertainty or doubt about this, let him question me. I will clear it up by explanation - present before us is the Teacher who is well skilled in these teachings.
"Within a fortnight of my full ordination, friend, the analytical knowledge of phenomena was realised by me, limitedly and by phrasing. That I tell in many ways, I teach, I make known, I establish, I make clear, I analyse, I elucidate. But whoever has uncertainty or doubt about this, let him question me. I will clear it up by explanation - present before us is the Teacher who is well skilled in these teachings.
"Within a fortnight of my full ordination, friend, the analytical knowledge of language was realised by me, limitedly and by phrasing. That I tell in many ways, I teach, I make known, I establish, I make clear, I analyse, I elucidate. But whoever has uncertainty or doubt about this, let him question me. I will clear it up by explanation - present before us is the Teacher who is well skilled in these teachings.
"Within a fortnight of my full ordination, friend, the analytical knowledge of discernment was realised by me, limitedly and by phrasing. That I tell in many ways, I teach, I make known, I establish, I make clear, I analyse, I elucidate. But whoever has uncertainty or doubt about this, let him question me. I will clear it up by explanation - present before us is the Teacher who is well skilled in these teachings." The second.