[231] **Of one devoted to sexual intercourse**: "sexual intercourse" (methunadhamma) is that practice which is not the practice of the good, the practice of villagers, the practice of the base, coarse, ending with water, done in secret, the coming together of a couple, pair by pair. For what reason is it called "the practice of a pair" (methunadhamma)? Because it is the practice of two who are impassioned, strongly impassioned, lustful, obsessed, whose minds (citta) are overcome — of two who are alike: for that reason it is called the practice of a pair. Just as two who make a quarrel are called "a pair," two who make strife are called "a pair," two who make contentious talk are called "a pair," two who make a dispute are called "a pair," two who make a legal case are called "a pair," two disputants are called "a pair," two who converse together are called "a pair" — even so, this is the practice of two who are impassioned, strongly impassioned, lustful, obsessed, whose minds are overcome, of two who are alike: for that reason it is called the practice of a pair. **Of one devoted to sexual intercourse**: of one who is engaged in sexual intercourse, occupied with it, applied to it, wholly given over to it; who behaves in that way, abounds in it, gives weight to it, is bent on it, inclines to it, slopes toward it, is resolved upon it, has it as his dominant influence — thus, "of one devoted to sexual intercourse."
**Metteyya**: the Blessed One addresses that elder by his clan name. **Bhagavā** is a term of reverence. Moreover, he has broken greed (lobha, rāga), therefore he is the Bhagavā; he has broken hatred, therefore he is the Bhagavā; he has broken delusion, therefore he is the Bhagavā; he has broken conceit, therefore he is the Bhagavā; he has broken views, therefore he is the Bhagavā; he has broken the thorn, therefore he is the Bhagavā; he has broken the defilements, therefore he is the Bhagavā. He has shared out, distributed, and apportioned the jewel of the Dhamma, therefore he is the Bhagavā. He is the maker of an end of existences, therefore he is the Bhagavā. He is developed in body, therefore he is the Bhagavā; he is developed in virtue, developed in mind, developed in wisdom, therefore he is the Bhagavā. Or: the Blessed One resorted to remote lodgings in forests and jungle thickets, of little sound, of little noise, with an atmosphere devoid of people, suited for humans' solitary retreat, fitting for seclusion — therefore he is the Bhagavā. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and the requisite of medicines for the sick — therefore he is the Bhagavā. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the taste of the meaning, the taste of the Dhamma, the taste of liberation, of the higher virtue, the higher mind, the higher wisdom — therefore he is the Bhagavā. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the four jhānas, the four boundless states, the four formless attainments — therefore he is the Bhagavā. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the eight liberations, the eight bases of mastery, the nine attainments of successive dwellings — therefore he is the Bhagavā. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the ten developments of perception, the ten kasiṇa attainments, the concentration (samādhi) of mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati), and the attainment on foulness — therefore he is the Bhagavā. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the four establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), the four right exertions, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), and the noble eightfold path (magga) — therefore he is the Bhagavā. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the ten powers of a Tathāgata, the four intrepidities, the four analytic insights, the six superknowledges, and the six Buddha-qualities — therefore he is the Bhagavā. **Bhagavā**: this name was not made by a mother, not made by a father, not made by a brother, not made by a sister, not made by friends and companions, not made by kinsmen and blood relations, not made by ascetics and brahmins, not made by deities. This name "Bhagavā" pertains to final liberation; it is a designation realized by the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, at the foot of the Bodhi tree together with the attainment of the knowledge (ñāṇa) of omniscience — thus, "Metteyya," said the Blessed One.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.