An Expounder of the Teaching I

1. I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One lived in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jeta's grove in Sāvatthi.

2. Then a certain monk approached the Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side.

3. Sitting, said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, it is said, `An expounder of the Teaching.' How does someone become an expounder of the Teaching?”

4. “The monk teaches for turning, loosing interest, and ceasing from matter. True to the words he is an expounder of the Teaching. The monk has fallen to the method of turning, loosing interest, and ceasing matter. True to the words he has fallen to the method of following the Teaching. The monk has turned, lost interest, ceased, and is released without holding to matter. True to those words the monk experiences extinction in this life.

5-7. The monk teaches for turning, loosing interest, and ceasing feelings, perceptions, and intentions. True to the words he is an expounder of the Teaching. The monk has fallen to the method of turning, loosing interest, and ceasing feelings, perceptions, and intentions. True to the words he has fallen to the method of following the Teaching. The monk has turned, lost interest, ceased, and is released without holding to feelings, perceptions, and intentions. True to those words the monk experiences extinction in this life.

8. “The monk teaches for turning, loosing interest, and ceasing consciousness. True to the words he is an expounder of the Teaching. The monk has fallen to the method of turning, loosing interest, and ceasing consciousness. True to the words he has fallen to the method of following the Teaching. The monk has turned, lost interest and ceased without holding to consciousness. True to those words the monk experiences extinction in this life.