Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

2: The Book of the Twos

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1 “For a faithful bhikkhu rightly aspiring, O bhikkhus, should aspire thus: “May I be just the same as Sariputta and Moggallana.” This, O bhikkhus is the scale, this is the measure for my bhikkhu disciples, that is Sariputta and Moggallana.”

1 saddho bhikkhave bhikkhu evaṃ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya : tādiso homi, yādisā sāriputtamoggallānāti. esā bhikkhave tulā, etaṃ pamāṇaṃ mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ yadidaṃ sāriputtamoggallānāti.