The fourteenth sutta of the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipáta.
It was one of the suttas preached at the Mahásamaya.
It deals with the qualities a monk should cultivate in order to attain emancipation (SN., pp.179ff; SNA.ii.562ff).
It is explained in the Mahá Niddesa (ii.339ff). It is considered specially fitted for saddhácaritas. NidA.223.