[104] When this was said, the brahmin Gaṇaka-Moggallāna said to the Blessed One: "Master Gotama, those persons who are without faith, who have gone forth from the home life into homelessness seeking a livelihood, who are fraudulent, deceitful, treacherous (keṭubhino), restless, haughty, fickle, scurrilous, loose in speech, unguarded in the doors of the sense faculties (indriya), knowing no moderation in eating, not devoted to wakefulness, indifferent to the ascetic life, without keen respect for the training (sikkhā), luxurious, lax, leaders in backsliding, who have cast off the burden of seclusion, lazy, deficient in energy, of muddled mindfulness, lacking clear comprehension, unconcentrated, with wandering minds (citta), of poor wisdom, witless and dumb (eḷamūga) — with these Master Gotama does not dwell together.
But those clansmen who have gone forth out of faith from the home life into homelessness, who are not fraudulent, not deceitful, not treacherous, not restless, not haughty, not fickle, not scurrilous, not loose in speech, guarded in the doors of the sense faculties, knowing moderation in eating, devoted to wakefulness, intent upon the ascetic life, with keen respect for the training, not luxurious, not lax, who have cast off the burden of backsliding, leaders in seclusion, of aroused energy, resolute, with mindfulness established, clearly comprehending, concentrated, with unified minds, wise, not witless and dumb — with these Master Gotama dwells together.
Just as, Master Gotama, of whatever fragrant roots there are, black spikenard (kāḷānusārī) is declared the foremost; of whatever fragrant heartwoods there are, red sandalwood is declared the foremost; of whatever fragrant flowers there are, jasmine (vassika) is declared the foremost — even so, the advice of Master Gotama is supreme among the teachings of the present day.
Magnificent, Master Gotama! Magnificent, Master Gotama! Just as one might set upright what had been overturned, or uncover what was concealed, or point out the way to one who was lost, or hold up an oil lamp in the darkness so that those with eyes might see forms — even so has the Dhamma been made clear by Master Gotama in many ways. I go for refuge to the Blessed One Gotama, and to the Dhamma, and to the Saṅgha of bhikkhus. May Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge from this day forth, for as long as breath and life endure."
The Gaṇakamoggallāna Sutta, the Seventh, is finished.
Gopakamoggallāna Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.