Āyācanasutta
Aspiration
“Saddho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṁ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya:
“Mendicants, a faithful monk would rightly aspire:
‘tādiso homi yādisā sāriputtamoggallānā’ti.
‘May I be like Sāriputta and Moggallāna!’
Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvakānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ, yadidaṁ sāriputtamoggallānā.
These are a standard and a measure for my monk disciples, that is, Sāriputta and Moggallāna.
Saddhā, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī evaṁ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:
A faithful nun would rightly aspire:
‘tādisā homi yādisā khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā cā’ti.
‘May I be like the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā!’
Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvikānaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ, yadidaṁ khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā ca.
These are a standard and a measure for my nun disciples, that is, the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā.
Saddho, bhikkhave, upāsako evaṁ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya:
A faithful layman would rightly aspire:
‘tādiso homi yādiso citto ca gahapati hatthako ca āḷavako’ti.
‘May I be like the householder Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī!’
Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvakānaṁ upāsakānaṁ, yadidaṁ citto ca gahapati hatthako ca āḷavako.
These are a standard and a measure for my male lay disciples, that is, the householder Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī.
Saddhā, bhikkhave, upāsikā evaṁ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:
A faithful laywoman would rightly aspire:
‘tādisā homi yādisā khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā’ti.
‘May I be like the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother!’
Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvikānaṁ upāsikānaṁ, yadidaṁ khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā”ti.
These are a standard and a measure for my female lay disciples, that is, the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother.”
