[349] "Here again, bhikkhus, some clansman (kulaputta) goes forth out of faith from the home life into homelessness, thinking: 'I am beset by birth, aging, death (jāti, jarā, maraṇa), by sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair; beset by suffering (dukkha), overcome by suffering. Perhaps a making of an end of this entire mass of suffering might be discerned.' Having thus gone forth, he generates gain, honor, and fame (lābhasakkārasiloka). He is not pleased with that gain, honor, and fame, nor is his intention thereby fulfilled. He does not exalt himself nor disparage others on account of that gain, honor, and fame. He does not become intoxicated with that gain, honor, and fame; he is not negligent, he does not fall into negligence. Being diligent, he achieves accomplishment in virtue (sīlasampadā). He is pleased with that accomplishment in virtue, but his intention is not thereby fulfilled. He does not exalt himself nor disparage others on account of that accomplishment in virtue. He does not become intoxicated with that accomplishment in virtue; he is not negligent, he does not fall into negligence. Being diligent, he achieves accomplishment in concentration (samādhi). He is pleased with that accomplishment in concentration, and his intention is thereby fulfilled. On account of that accomplishment in concentration he exalts himself and disparages others, thinking: 'I am concentrated, of unified mind; but these other bhikkhus are unconcentrated, their minds gone astray.' He becomes intoxicated with that accomplishment in concentration; he is negligent, he falls into negligence. Being negligent, he dwells in suffering.
"Suppose, bhikkhus, a man needing heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood, coming upon a great tree standing possessed of heartwood, were to pass over the very heartwood and pass over the sapwood, and cutting off the bark, were to take it and depart, thinking it was heartwood. A man with eyes, seeing him, would say: 'Truly, this good man did not know the heartwood, did not know the sapwood, did not know the bark, did not know the shoots, did not know the branches and foliage; for thus this good man, needing heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood, coming upon a great tree standing possessed of heartwood, passed over the very heartwood and passed over the sapwood, and cutting off the bark, has departed taking it, thinking it was heartwood; and whatever purpose of his was to be served by heartwood, that purpose he will not accomplish.' Even so, bhikkhus, some clansman here goes forth out of faith from the home life into homelessness, thinking: 'I am beset by birth, aging, death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair; beset by suffering, overcome by suffering. Perhaps a making of an end of this entire mass of suffering might be discerned.' Having thus gone forth, he generates gain, honor, and fame. He is not pleased with that gain, honor, and fame, nor is his intention thereby fulfilled. He does not exalt himself nor disparage others on account of that gain, honor, and fame. He does not become intoxicated with that gain, honor, and fame; he is not negligent, he does not fall into negligence. Being diligent, he achieves accomplishment in virtue. He is pleased with that accomplishment in virtue, but his intention is not thereby fulfilled. He does not exalt himself nor disparage others on account of that accomplishment in virtue. He does not become intoxicated with that accomplishment in virtue; he is not negligent, he does not fall into negligence. Being diligent, he achieves accomplishment in concentration. He is pleased with that accomplishment in concentration, and his intention is thereby fulfilled. On account of that accomplishment in concentration he exalts himself and disparages others, thinking: 'I am concentrated, of unified mind; but these other bhikkhus are unconcentrated, their minds gone astray.' He becomes intoxicated with that accomplishment in concentration; he is negligent, he falls into negligence. Being negligent, he dwells in suffering. This, bhikkhus, is called a bhikkhu who has taken hold of the bark of the holy life (brahmacariya), and with that has stopped short."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.