[480] And how, bhikkhus, is a bhikkhu one who practises the way of proper conduct (sāmīcipaṭipadā)?
Bhikkhus, in whatever bhikkhu who is covetous, covetousness (abhijjhā) is unabandoned; in whom, his mind being possessed by ill will, ill will (byāpāda) is unabandoned; who, being angry, anger (kodha) is unabandoned; who, being resentful, resentment (upanāha) is unabandoned; who, being denigrating, denigration (makkha) is unabandoned; who, being domineering, domineering (paḷāsa) is unabandoned; who, being envious, envy (issā) is unabandoned; who, being stingy, stinginess (macchariya) is unabandoned; who, being fraudulent, fraudulence (sāṭheyya) is unabandoned; who, being deceitful, deceit (māyā) is unabandoned; who, having evil wishes, evil wishes (pāpikā icchā) are unabandoned; who, holding wrong view, wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi) is unabandoned — bhikkhus, because of the non-abandoning of these stains of an ascetic, defects of an ascetic, dregs of an ascetic, which are grounds for rebirth in the states of deprivation, to be experienced in a bad destination, I do not say that he is one who practises the way of conduct proper to an ascetic (samaṇasāmīcipaṭipadā).
Suppose, bhikkhus, there were a kind of weapon called mataja, double-edged, keenly whetted (pītanissitaṃ), and it were covered over and wrapped round with an outer robe (saṅghāṭi) — comparable to that, bhikkhus, I say, is the going forth of this bhikkhu.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.