So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Campā on the banks of the Gaggarā Lotus Pond together with a large Saṅgha of five hundred mendicants. There Sāriputta addressed the mendicants: “Reverends, mendicants!” “Reverend,” they replied. Sāriputta said this: “I will relate the teachings up to ten for attaining extinguishment, for making an end of suffering, the release from all ties.

1. Groups of One Reverends, one thing is helpful, one thing should be developed, one thing should be completely understood, one thing should be given up, one thing makes things worse, one thing leads to distinction, one thing is hard to comprehend, one thing should be produced, one thing should be directly known, one thing should be realized. <b>What one thing is helpful?</b> Diligence in skillful qualities. <b>What one thing should be developed?</b> Mindfulness of the body that is full of pleasure. <b>What one thing should be completely understood?</b> Contact, which is accompanied by defilements and fuels grasping.