[328] "'The ascetic Gotama is secluded (pavivitta) and speaks in praise of seclusion' — if, Udāyī, my disciples were to honor, respect, esteem, and venerate me on this account, and, having honored and respected me, were to live in dependence on me — yet there are, Udāyī, disciples of mine here who are forest dwellers, dwelling in remote lodgings; having plunged deep into remote forest and woodland-thicket lodgings, they dwell there, and they come down into the midst of the Saṅgha every half-month for the recitation of the Pātimokkha. But I, Udāyī, sometimes dwell surrounded by bhikkhus, bhikkhunīs, laymen followers, laywomen followers, by the king and royal chief ministers, by sectarians (titthiya) and the disciples of sectarians. If, Udāyī, my disciples were to honor, respect, esteem, and venerate me, and, having honored and respected me, were to live in dependence on me, thinking: 'The ascetic Gotama is secluded and speaks in praise of seclusion,' then, Udāyī, those disciples of mine who are forest dwellers, dwelling in remote lodgings — who, having plunged deep into remote forest and woodland-thicket lodgings, dwell there and come down into the midst of the Saṅgha every half-month for the recitation of the Pātimokkha — would not honor, respect, esteem, or venerate me on account of this quality, nor, having honored and respected me, would they live in dependence on me.
Thus, Udāyī, it is not by these five qualities that my disciples honor, respect, esteem, and venerate me, and, having honored and respected me, live in dependence on me."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.