[838] "Good, good, Sāriputta! It seems, Sāriputta, that you now dwell frequently in the dwelling of a great man (mahāpurisavihāra); for this, Sāriputta, is the dwelling of a great man, namely, emptiness (suññatā). Therefore, Sāriputta, if a bhikkhu should wish: 'May I dwell frequently in the dwelling of emptiness,' then, Sāriputta, that bhikkhu should reflect thus: 'On the path by which I entered the village for alms, in the area in which I wandered for alms, and on the path by which I returned from the village from almsround — was there in my mind (citta), with regard to forms cognizable by the eye, any desire, or lust, or hatred, or delusion, or even aversion (paṭigha)?' If, Sāriputta, a bhikkhu, reviewing thus, knows: 'On the path by which I entered the village for alms, in the area in which I wandered for alms, and on the path by which I returned from the village from almsround, there was in my mind, with regard to forms cognizable by the eye, desire, or lust, or hatred, or delusion, or even aversion' — then, Sāriputta, that bhikkhu should strive for the abandoning of those very evil, unskillful states. But if, Sāriputta, a bhikkhu, reviewing thus, knows: 'On the path by which I entered the village for alms, in the area in which I wandered for alms, and on the path by which I returned from the village from almsround, there was not in my mind, with regard to forms cognizable by the eye, desire, or lust, or hatred, or delusion, or even aversion' — then, Sāriputta, that bhikkhu should dwell with that very rapture (pīti) and gladness, training day and night in skillful states.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.