[71] "Friends, when these evil, unwholesome spheres of wishes (icchāvacarā) are seen and also heard to be abandoned by any bhikkhu whatsoever — even though he is one who dwells near a village, who accepts invitations to meals, who wears robes given by householders — still his companions in the holy life honour him, respect him, esteem him, and venerate him. Why is that? Because those evil, unwholesome spheres of wishes are seen and also heard to be abandoned by that venerable one.
"Suppose, friends, a bronze dish were brought from a shop or from a family of smiths, pure and gleaming. Its owners, having arranged in it boiled rice of fine sāli-rice with the black grains picked out, together with many soups and many sauces, and having covered it over 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 along? It seems something choice, something choice indeed!' Then, rising up and uncovering it, one would look inside; and together with the very sight of it, agreeableness would be established, non-repulsiveness would be established, and non-disgust would be established; even those who were sated would wish to eat of it, not to speak of those who were hungry.
"Even so, friends, when these evil, unwholesome spheres of wishes are seen and also heard to be abandoned by any bhikkhu whatsoever — even though he is one who dwells near a village, who accepts invitations to meals, who wears robes given by householders — still his companions in the holy life honour him, respect him, esteem him, and venerate him. Why is that? Because those evil, unwholesome spheres of wishes are seen and also heard to be abandoned by that venerable one."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.