9.
The Discourse on the Teacher's Instruction
83.
Then the venerable Upāli approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, the venerable Upāli said this to the Blessed One:
"It would be good, venerable sir, if the Blessed One would expound to me the Teaching in brief, so that having heard the Teaching from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute." "Whatever teachings you, Upāli, would know - 'These teachings do not lead exclusively to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to highest enlightenment, to Nibbāna'; you should definitely keep in mind, Upāli - 'This is not the Teaching, this is not the monastic discipline, this is not the Teacher's instruction.' But whatever teachings you, Upāli, would know - 'These teachings lead exclusively to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to highest enlightenment, to Nibbāna'; you should definitely keep in mind, Upāli - 'This is the Teaching, this is the monastic discipline, this is the Teacher's instruction.'" The ninth.