2: The Book of the Twos
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- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, the Tathāgata has these two kinds of Dhamma teaching. What two? In brief and in detail. [n.230] Saṅkhittena ca vitthārena ca. Mp: "A brief teaching is one expounded briefly by reciting the outline (mātikā). A detailed teaching is one expounded by elaborating and analyzing the outline (mātikaṁ vitthārato vibhajitvā kathitā). But whether or not an outline is set up, a teaching spoken with elaboration and analysis is called a detailed teaching. The brief teaching is spoken for a person with great wisdom, a detailed teaching for a person whose intellect is blunter …. Though the entire Tipiṭaka is a brief teaching, it is here considered a detailed teaching." The Tathāgata has these two kinds of Dhamma teaching."
