sn46.30:2.1 “It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing!
sn46.30:2.2 How helpful my fondness and respect for the Buddha have been, and my sense of conscience and prudence.
sn46.30:2.3 For when I was still a layman, I wasn’t helped much by the teaching or the Saṅgha.
sn46.30:2.4 But when I considered my fondness and respect for the Buddha, and my sense of conscience and prudence, I went forth from the lay life to homelessness.
sn46.30:2.5 The Buddha taught me the Dhamma:
sn46.30:2.6 ‘Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form.
sn46.30:2.7 Such is feeling …
sn46.30:2.8 Such is perception …
sn46.30:2.9 Such are choices …
sn46.30:2.10 Such is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.’