sn55.3:2.1 Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, went to the home of the lay follower Dīghāvu, sat down on the seat spread out, and said to him,
sn55.3:2.2 “I hope you’re keeping well, Dīghāvu, I hope you’re all right. I hope your pain is fading, not growing; that its fading is evident, not its growing.”
sn55.3:2.3 “Sir, I’m not keeping well, I’m not getting by. My pain is terrible and growing, not fading; its growing is evident, not its fading.”
sn55.3:2.4 “So, Dīghāvu, you should train like this:
sn55.3:2.5 ‘I will have experiential confidence in the Buddha …
sn55.3:2.6 the teaching …
sn55.3:2.7 the Saṅgha …
sn55.3:2.8 And I will have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.’
sn55.3:2.9 That’s how you should train.”