[264] Then the Blessed One addressed a certain bhikkhu: "Come, bhikkhu, address the bhikkhu Moliyaphagguna in my name, saying: 'Friend Moliyaphagguna, the Teacher summons you.'" "Yes, venerable sir," that bhikkhu replied to the Blessed One, and he approached the Venerable Moliyaphagguna; having approached, he said this to the Venerable Moliyaphagguna: "Friend Moliyaphagguna, the Teacher summons you." "Yes, friend," the Venerable Moliyaphagguna replied to that bhikkhu, and he approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down at one side. As the Venerable Moliyaphagguna sat at one side, the Blessed One said this to him: "Is it true, Phagguna, as is reported, that you dwell associating with the bhikkhunīs beyond due measure? That you dwell so associated with the bhikkhunīs, Phagguna, that if any bhikkhu speaks dispraise of those bhikkhunīs in your presence, you become angry and displeased at him and even make it a disciplinary issue (adhikaraṇa); and if any bhikkhu speaks dispraise of you in the presence of those bhikkhunīs, those bhikkhunīs become angry and displeased at him and even make it a disciplinary issue? Is it thus, Phagguna, as is reported, that you dwell associated with the bhikkhunīs?"
"It is so, venerable sir."
"Are you not, Phagguna, a clansman who has gone forth out of faith from the home life into homelessness?"
"It is so, venerable sir."
"It is not proper for you, Phagguna — a clansman gone forth out of faith from the home life into homelessness — that you should dwell associating with the bhikkhunīs beyond due measure. Therefore, Phagguna, if anyone should speak dispraise of those bhikkhunīs in your presence, even there, Phagguna, you should abandon whatever desires and whatever thoughts are based on the household life. And even there, Phagguna, you should train thus: 'My mind (citta) shall not be altered, nor shall I utter any evil speech; I shall dwell sympathetic for his welfare, with a mind of loving-kindness (mettā), without inner hatred.' Thus indeed, Phagguna, should you train.
"Therefore, Phagguna, if anyone in your presence should give those bhikkhunīs a blow with the hand, a blow with a clod, a blow with a stick, or a blow with a knife, even there, Phagguna, you should abandon whatever desires and whatever thoughts are based on the household life. And even there, Phagguna, you should train thus: 'My mind shall not be altered, nor shall I utter any evil speech; I shall dwell sympathetic for his welfare, with a mind of loving-kindness, without inner hatred.' Thus indeed, Phagguna, should you train.
"Therefore, Phagguna, if anyone should speak dispraise in your presence, even there, Phagguna, you should abandon whatever desires and whatever thoughts are based on the household life. And even there, Phagguna, you should train thus: 'My mind shall not be altered, nor shall I utter any evil speech; I shall dwell sympathetic for his welfare, with a mind of loving-kindness, without inner hatred.' Thus indeed, Phagguna, should you train.
"Therefore, Phagguna, if anyone should give you a blow with the hand, a blow with a clod, a blow with a stick, or a blow with a knife, even there, Phagguna, you should abandon whatever desires and whatever thoughts are based on the household life. And even there, Phagguna, you should train thus: 'My mind shall not be altered, nor shall I utter any evil speech; I shall dwell sympathetic for his welfare, with a mind of loving-kindness, without inner hatred.' Thus indeed, Phagguna, should you train."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.