I don't have my M handy. I checked access to insight,
which has an incomplete index for M. I'm pretty sure
the sutta you want is somwhere within the first 30. If
memory serves, somwhere in the teens. 14-17 perhaps.
If you have the B.Bodhi version of M, check the index
which has a short summary of each sutta, and you
should be able to locate it quickly.

-fk


--- "rahula_80 <rahula_80@...>"
<rahula_80@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I found this on the internet.
>

http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/dhammananda/140.htm

>
> Can anyone tell me which sutta can the passage be
> found?
>
> Thanks, rahula
>
> Sariputta, the chief disciple of the Buddha, said
> that one man might
> live in a forest devoting himself to ascetic
> practices, but might be
> full of impure thoughts and 'defilements'. Another
> might live in a
> village or a town, practising no ascetic discipline,
> but his mind
> might be pure, and free from 'defilements'. 'Of
> these two,' said,
> Sariputta, 'the one who lives a pure life in the
> village or town is
> definitely far superior to, and greater than, the
> one who lives in
> the forest.' (Majjhima Nikaya)
>
>
>

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