[198] "It is wonderful, Master Bhāradvāja! It is marvellous, Master Bhāradvāja! How well spoken is this by the Blessed One who knows, who sees, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One: 'This indeed, Master Bhāradvāja, is the cause, this the condition, why these young bhikkhus—youths with jet-black hair, endowed with the blessing of youth, in the prime of life, who have not dallied with sensual pleasures—lead the holy life (brahmacariya) complete and pure as long as they live, and maintain it for a long time.'
"I too, Master Bhāradvāja, on whatever occasion I enter the inner palace with body unguarded, with speech unguarded, with mind (citta) unguarded, with mindfulness unestablished, with sense faculties (indriya) unrestrained—on that occasion states of greed (lobha) overwhelm me exceedingly. But on whatever occasion, Master Bhāradvāja, I enter the inner palace with body guarded, with speech guarded, with mind guarded, with mindfulness established, with sense faculties restrained—on that occasion states of greed do not there overwhelm me.
"Excellent, Master Bhāradvāja! Excellent, Master Bhāradvāja! Just as, Master Bhāradvāja, one might set upright what had been overturned, or reveal what was hidden, 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 in many ways by Master Bhāradvāja. I, Master Bhāradvāja, go for refuge to that Blessed One, and to the Dhamma, and to the Saṅgha of bhikkhus. Let Master Bhāradvāja remember me as a lay follower (upāsaka) who has gone for refuge from this day forward for as long as life lasts."
The fourth [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.