Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 15.4

15.4

爾時，有異比丘來詣佛所，稽首佛足，却住一面，白佛言：「善哉！世尊！今當為我略說法要，我聞法已，當獨一靜處，修不放逸。修不放逸已，當復思惟：『所以善男子出家，剃除鬚髮，身著法服，信家非家出家，為究竟無上梵行，現法作證：「我生已盡，梵行已立，所作已作，自知不受後有。」』」

At the time, a certain monk came to the Buddha. He bowed his head at the Buddha’s feet, withdrew to stand to one side, and then said, “It’d be good, Bhagavān, if you would briefly explain the Dharma for me now. After hearing the Dharma, I’ll go alone to a quiet place and cultivate it earnestly. After cultivating it earnestly, I’ll again contemplate: ‘A good son leaves home, cuts off his hair and beard, puts on the Dharma robes, is a believer in the homeless, and leaves home [to train on the path]. That’s the way he reaches the ultimate and unsurpassed religious practice. He’ll realize in the present life: “My births have been ended, the religious practice has been established, and the task has been accomplished.” He himself will know he won’t be subject to a later existence.’”