Numbered Discourses 4.176

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1. Numbered Discourses 4.176
2. 18. Intention
3. Aspiration
4. “Mendicants, a faithful monk would rightly aspire:
5. ‘May I be like Sāriputta and Moggallāna!’
6. These are a standard and a measure for my monk disciples, that is, Sāriputta and Moggallāna.
7. A faithful nun would rightly aspire:
8. ‘May I be like the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā!’
9. These are a standard and a measure for my nun disciples, that is, the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā.
10. A faithful layman would rightly aspire:
11. ‘May I be like the householder Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī!’
12. These are a standard and a measure for my male lay disciples, that is, the householder Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī.
13. A faithful laywoman would rightly aspire:
14. ‘May I be like the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother!’
15. These are a standard and a measure for my female lay disciples, that is, the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother.”