Dighanikaya 1.7_73

1.7_73

Katamā kathetukamyatā pucchā? Bhagavā bhikkhūnaṃ kathetukamyatāya pañhaṃ pucchati. Cattārome, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānā. Katame cattāro?…Pe… aṭṭhime bhikkhave maggaṅgā. Katame aṭṭhāti, ayaṃ kathetukamyatā pucchā.

What is a question arising from a desire to speak? The Blessed One asks a question out of a desire to speak to the mendicants: “There are, mendicants, these four establishments of mindfulness. Which four?… There are, mendicants, these eight factors of the path. Which eight?” This is a question arising from a desire to speak.