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The Discourse in Brief
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On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Vesālī in the Great Wood in the Pinnacled Hall.
Then Mahāpajāpati Gotamī approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side.
Standing to one side, Mahāpajāpati Gotamī 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would expound to me the Teaching in brief, so that having heard the Teaching from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute."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, Gotamī, would know - 'These teachings lead to lust, not to dispassion; they lead to bondage, not to separation from bondage; they lead to accumulation, not to diminution; they lead to great desire, not to fewness of wishes; they lead to discontent, not to contentment; they lead to company, not to solitude; they lead to idleness, not to arousal of energy; they lead to being difficult to support, not to being easy to support' - you should definitely keep in mind, Gotamī - 'This is not the Teaching, this is not the monastic discipline, this is not the Teacher's instruction.'"
"But whatever teachings you, Gotamī, would know - 'These teachings lead to dispassion, not to lust; they lead to separation from bondage, not to bondage; they lead to diminution, not to accumulation; they lead to fewness of wishes, not to great desire; they lead to contentment, not to discontent; they lead to solitude, not to company; they lead to arousal of energy, not to idleness; they lead to being easy to support, not to being difficult to support' - you should definitely keep in mind, Gotamī - 'This is the Teaching, this is the monastic discipline, this is the Teacher's instruction.'" The third.