Anaṅgaṇasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 12 · Section 70

[70] "Friend, when these evil, unwholesome spheres of wishes (icchāvacara) are seen and also heard to be unabandoned in any bhikkhu, then even though he is a forest-dweller with a remote lodging, an almsfood-eater, one who wanders for alms from house to house without skipping, a rag-robe wearer, a wearer of coarse robes, still his companions in the holy life (sabrahmacārī) do not honour him, do not respect him, do not esteem him, do not venerate him. For what reason? Because those evil, unwholesome spheres of wishes are seen and also heard to be unabandoned in that venerable one. Suppose, friend, a bronze dish were brought from a shop or from a smith's family, pure and bright; and its owners, having placed in it the carcass of a snake, or the carcass of a dog, or the carcass of a human being, and having covered it with another bronze dish, were to set out along the market street. Seeing it, people would say: 'Good sir, what is this that is being carried about, looking so very exquisite?' Then, rising up and uncovering it, one would look in; and together with the sight of it, displeasure would arise, repulsiveness would arise, and disgust would arise; even those who were hungry would have no desire to eat, still less those who were already sated. So too, friend, when these evil, unwholesome spheres of wishes are seen and also heard to be unabandoned in any bhikkhu, then even though he is a forest-dweller with a remote lodging, an almsfood-eater, one who wanders for alms from house to house without skipping, a rag-robe wearer, a wearer of coarse robes, still his companions in the holy life do not honour him, do not respect him, do not esteem him, do not venerate him. For what reason? Because those evil, unwholesome spheres of wishes are seen and also heard to be unabandoned in that venerable one."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.