Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Awakened One, as I have heard:
“Saṅghāṭikaṇṇe cepi, bhikkhave, bhikkhu gahetvā piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandho assa pāde pādaṁ nikkhipanto, so ca hoti abhijjhālu kāmesu tibbasārāgo byāpannacitto paduṭṭhamanasaṅkappo muṭṭhassati asampajāno asamāhito vibbhantacitto pākatindriyo; atha kho so ārakāva mayhaṁ, ahañca tassa. Taṁ kissa hetu? Dhammañhi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na passati. Dhammaṁ apassanto na maṁ passati.
“Even if a bhikkhu were to grab the corner of my robe and follow right behind me, step by step, but is with intense craving, with intense lust for sensual pleasures, and harboring ill will with a malicious mind; is muddle-minded, lacking clear awareness, distracted, with a wandering mind, and with unrestrained faculties; still, he is far from me and I am far from him. Why is that? Because that bhikkhu does not see the Dhamma. Not seeing the Dhamma, he does not see me.
Yojanasate cepi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vihareyya. So ca hoti anabhijjhālu kāmesu na tibbasārāgo abyāpannacitto apaduṭṭhamanasaṅkappo upaṭṭhitassati sampajāno samāhito ekaggacitto saṁvutindriyo; atha kho so santikeva mayhaṁ, ahañca tassa. Taṁ kissa hetu? Dhammañhi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu passati; dhammaṁ passanto maṁ passatī”ti.
Conversely, even if a bhikkhu were dwelling a hundred yojanas away, but yet is free from craving, without intense lust for sensual pleasures, harboring no evil designs and with a kind mind; who attends mindfully, clearly aware, collected, with a unified mind, and with restrained faculties; still, he is near to me and I am near to him. Why is that? Because that bhikkhu sees the Dhamma. And seeing the Dhamma, he sees me.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
The Blessed One spoke on this matter. In this regard, it is said:
“Anubandhopi ce assa,
mahiccho ca vighātavā;
Ejānugo anejassa,
nibbutassa anibbuto;
Giddho so vītagedhassa,
passa yāvañca ārakā.
“Even if one follows right behind,
but is full of desires and distressed;
as the impulse-chaser from the unshaken,
the burning from the quenched,
the greedy from the greedless—
see how truly far apart they are.
Yo ca dhammamabhiññāya,
dhammamaññāya paṇḍito;
Rahadova nivāte ca,
anejo vūpasammati.
The wise one—who has directly realized the Dhamma,
and fully understood it;
like a sheltered lake,
calm and unshaken, he subsides completely.
Anejo so anejassa,
nibbutassa ca nibbuto;
Agiddho vītagedhassa,
passa yāvañca santike”ti.
The unshaken with the unshaken,
the quenched with the quenched,
the greedless with the greedless—
see how truly near they are.”
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
This matter too was spoken by the Blessed One, as I have heard.