[382] When this was said, the venerable Sāriputta said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, whose words were well spoken?"
"Sāriputta, all of you have spoken well, each in a certain way (pariyāyena). But hear also my word as to what kind of bhikkhu would grace the Gosiṅga sāl-tree wood. Here, Sāriputta, a bhikkhu, after the meal, having returned from his almsround, sits down folding his legs crosswise, setting his body erect, and having established mindfulness before him, resolves: 'I shall not break this cross-legged posture until my mind (citta) is liberated from the taints (āsava) through not clinging.' By a bhikkhu of such a kind, Sāriputta, would the Gosiṅga sāl-tree wood be graced."
This is what the Blessed One said. Delighted, those venerable ones rejoiced in the Blessed One's words.
The Mahāgosiṅgasāla Sutta, the second, is ended.
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The Mahāgopāla Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.