http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html
Samaññaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Contemplative Life
translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Translator's Introduction
This discourse is one of the masterpieces of the Pali canon. At
heart, it is a comprehensive portrait of the Buddhist path of training,
illustrating each stage of the training with vivid similes. This
portrait is placed in juxtaposition to the Buddhist view of the
teachings of rival philosophical teachers of the time, showing how the
Buddha — in contradistinction to the inflexible, party-line approach of
his contemporaries — presented his teaching in a way that was pertinent
and sensitive to the needs of his listeners.
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