Visuddhimaggassa karaṇaṃ
Tesu tāva visuddhimaggaṃ ācariyabuddhaghoso saṅghapālattherena ajjhesito mahāvihārassa dakkhiṇabhāge padhānaghare mahānigamassāmino pāsāde [ pari . aṭṭha . nigamanakathā ] vasanto akāsi .
Ettāvatā ca ‘‘ so panesa visuddhimaggo kena kato , kadā kato , kattha kato , kasmā kato ’’ ti imesaṃ pañhānamattho vitthārena vibhāvito hoti .
Idāni
M0.38 kimatthaṃ katotiādīnaṃ pañhānamatthaṃ pakāsayissāma .Tattha kimatthaṃ katoti etassa pana pañhassa attho ācariyeneva pakāsito .
Kathaṃ ?
‘‘ Sudullabhaṃ labhitvāna , pabbajjaṃ jinasāsane ;
Sīlādisaṅgahaṃ khemaṃ , ujuṃ maggaṃ visuddhiyā .
Yathābhūtaṃ ajānantā , suddhikāmāpi ye idha ;
Visuddhiṃ nādhigacchanti , vāyamantāpi yogino .
Tesaṃ pāmojjakaraṇaṃ , suvisuddhavinicchayaṃ ;
Mahāvihāravāsīnaṃ , desanānayanissitaṃ .
Visuddhimaggaṃ bhāsissaṃ , taṃ me sakkacca bhāsato ;
Visuddhikāmā sabbepi , nisāmayatha sādhavo ’’ ti [ visuddhi .1.2].
Tasmā esa visuddhimaggo visuddhisaṅkhātanibbānakāmānaṃ sādhujanānaṃ sīlasamādhipaññāsaṅkhātassa visuddhimaggassa yāthāvato jānanatthāya katoti padhānappayojanavasena veditabbo .
Appadhānappayojanavasena pana catūsu āgamaṭṭhakathāsu ganthasallahukabhāvatthāyapi katoti veditabbo .
Tathā hi vuttaṃ āgamaṭṭhakathāsu –
‘‘ Majjhe visuddhimaggo , esa catunnampi āgamānañhi ;
Ṭhatvā pakāsayissati , tattha yathābhāsitamatthaṃ ;
Icceva me kato ’’ ti [ dī . ni . aṭṭha .1. ganthārambhakathā ].