[381] When this was said, the Venerable Mahāmoggallāna said this to the Blessed One: "Then, venerable sir, I said this to the Venerable Sāriputta: 'Friend Sāriputta, we have all answered, each according to his own inspiration (paṭibhāna). Now we ask the Venerable Sāriputta on that point: Delightful, friend Sāriputta, is the Gosiṅga Sāl-tree Wood; the night is moonlit; the sāl trees are all in full blossom; scents as if heavenly, one would think, are wafting about. By what kind of bhikkhu, friend Sāriputta, would the Gosiṅga Sāl-tree Wood be graced?' When this was said, venerable sir, the Venerable Sāriputta said this to me: 'Here, friend Moggallāna, a bhikkhu wields mastery over the mind (citta) and does not proceed under the mastery of the mind. In whatever abiding and attainment (vihārasamāpatti) he wishes to dwell in the morning, in that abiding and attainment he dwells in the morning; in whatever abiding and attainment he wishes to dwell at midday, in that abiding and attainment he dwells at midday; in whatever abiding and attainment he wishes to dwell in the evening, in that abiding and attainment he dwells in the evening. Suppose, friend Moggallāna, a king or a king's chief minister had a clothes-chest full of variously dyed cloths. Whatever pair of cloths he might wish to put on in the morning, that very pair of cloths he would put on in the morning; whatever pair of cloths he might wish to put on at midday, that very pair of cloths he would put on at midday; whatever pair of cloths he might wish to put on in the evening, that very pair of cloths he would put on in the evening. Even so, friend Moggallāna, a bhikkhu wields mastery over the mind and does not proceed under the mastery of the mind. In whatever abiding and attainment he wishes to dwell in the morning, in that abiding and attainment he dwells in the morning; in whatever abiding and attainment he wishes to dwell at midday, in that abiding and attainment he dwells at midday; in whatever abiding and attainment he wishes to dwell in the evening, in that abiding and attainment he dwells in the evening. By such a kind of bhikkhu, friend Moggallāna, the Gosiṅga Sāl-tree Wood would be graced.'"
"Good, good, Moggallāna! Answering rightly, it is just so that Sāriputta would answer. For Sāriputta, Moggallāna, wields mastery over the mind and does not proceed under the mastery of the mind. In whatever abiding and attainment he wishes to dwell in the morning, in that abiding and attainment he dwells in the morning; in whatever abiding and attainment he wishes to dwell at midday, in that abiding and attainment he dwells at midday; in whatever abiding and attainment he wishes to dwell in the evening, in that abiding and attainment he dwells in the evening."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.