Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One
In the Minor Collection
The Guide
1.
The Summary Section
That which the world venerates, the guardian of the world always pays homage to;
This excellent Dispensation of the best of men should be known by the wise.
The discourse has twelve terms, all that - both phrasing and meaning;
Both should be cognised - what is the meaning, which is the phrasing?
The Guide has sixteen guides, five methods - the search for the Dispensation;
Eighteen root terms, pointed out by Mahākaccāna.
The guides are the investigation of phrasing, the three methods of the discourse and the meaning of the discourse;
Both are comprehended - it is called a discourse according to the discourse.
Both the Teaching and what is taught should be cognised;
Therein this is the sequence - the ninefold search for discourses.
The Summary Section.