Idāni yaṃ vuttaṃ ‘‘dhammaṃ saraṇamiccādi, dvayepesa nayo mato’’ti ettha vuccate – yvāyaṃ ‘‘buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmī’’ti ettha atthavaṇṇanānayo vutto, ‘‘dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmī’’ti etasmimpi padadvaye esova veditabbo. Tatrāpi hi dhammasaṅghānaṃ atthato byañjanato ca vibhāvanamattameva asadisaṃ, sesaṃ vuttasadisameva. Yato yadevettha asadisaṃ, taṃ vuccate – maggaphalanibbānāni dhammoti eke. Bhāvitamaggānaṃ sacchikatanibbānānañca apāyesu apatanabhāvena dhāraṇato paramassāsavidhānato ca maggavirāgā eva imasmiṃ atthe dhammoti amhākaṃ khanti, aggappasādasuttañceva sādhakaṃ. Vuttañcettha ‘‘yāvatā, bhikkhave, dhammā saṅkhatā , ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo tesaṃ aggamakkhāyatī’’ti evamādi (a. ni. 4.34; itivu. 90).

Catubbidhaariyamaggasamaṅgīnaṃ catusāmaññaphalasamadhivāsitakhandhasantānānañca puggalānaṃ samūho diṭṭhisīlasaṅghātena saṃhatattā saṅgho. Vuttañcetaṃ bhagavatā –

‘‘Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ānanda, ye vo mayā dhammā abhiññā desitā, seyyathidaṃ, cattāro satipaṭṭhānā, cattāro sammappadhānā, cattāro iddhipādā, pañcindriyāni, pañca balāni, satta bojjhaṅgā, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, passasi no tvaṃ, ānanda, imesu dhammesu dvepi bhikkhū nānāvāde’’ti (ma. ni. 3.43).

Ayañhi paramatthasaṅgho saraṇanti gamanīyo. Sutte ca ‘‘āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassā’’ti (itivu. 90; a. ni. 4.34, 181) vutto. Etaṃ pana saraṇaṃ gatassa aññasmimpi bhikkhusaṅghe vā bhikkhunisaṅghe vā buddhappamukhe vā saṅghe sammutisaṅghe vā catuvaggādibhede ekapuggalepi vā bhagavantaṃ uddissa pabbajite vandanādikiriyāya saraṇagamanaṃ neva bhijjati na saṃkilissati, ayamettha viseso. Vuttāvasesantu imassa dutiyassa ca saraṇagamanassa bhedābhedādividhānaṃ pubbe vuttanayeneva veditabbaṃ. Ayaṃ tāva ‘‘dhammaṃ saraṇamiccādi, dvayepesa nayo mato’’ti etassa vaṇṇanā.