Quotes from Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, Vol. 1
“All of you should know that there are four kinds of dharmas: precept, concentration, wisdom, and liberation. If we do not hear and know about these four dharmas, we will be trapped in the ocean of transmigration for endless dark nights. If I had not heard of and comprehended these four dharmas over my previous lifetimes, I would not have been able to achieve the supreme and perfect enlightenment (anuttarā samyak-saṃbodhi) swiftly.”
《大般涅槃經》卷1
「汝等當知，有四種法：一戒、二定、三慧、四解脫，若不聞知此四法者，斯人長夜在生死海。我於往昔，若不聞知此四法者，不能疾得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。」