[240] Here again, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu lives in dependence upon a certain person. As he lives in dependence upon that person, unestablished mindfulness does not become established, the unconcentrated mind (citta) does not become concentrated, the unexhausted taints (āsava) do not come to exhaustion, and he does not attain the unattained supreme security from bondage (yogakkhema); yet those requisites of life that are to be procured by one gone forth—robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick—come to him with little difficulty. Bhikkhus, that bhikkhu should reflect thus: 'I am living in dependence upon this person. As I live in dependence upon this person, unestablished mindfulness does not become established, the unconcentrated mind does not become concentrated, the unexhausted taints do not come to exhaustion, and I do not attain the unattained supreme security from bondage; yet those requisites of life that are to be procured by one gone forth—robes, almsfood, lodging, and medicinal requisites for the sick—come to me with little difficulty. But it was not for the sake of robes that I went forth from home into homelessness, nor for the sake of almsfood, nor for the sake of lodging; nor was it for the sake of medicinal requisites for the sick that I went forth from home into homelessness. And moreover, as I live in dependence upon this person, unestablished mindfulness does not become established, the unconcentrated mind does not become concentrated, the unexhausted taints do not come to exhaustion, and I do not attain the unattained supreme security from bondage.' Bhikkhus, that bhikkhu, having taken account, should depart from that person without asking leave; he should not continue to follow him.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.