I have always found MN 120 to be an unusual sutta; in that it appears to say the bhikhus are aspiring for a non-bhikkhu life. For example, it says:
What is supposed to be the meaning or message of the above parts of this sutta?“Take a mendicant who has faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom.
“Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhāya samannāgato hoti, sīlena samannāgato hoti, sutena samannāgato hoti, cāgena samannāgato hoti, paññāya samannāgato hoti.
They think:
Tassa evaṃ hoti:
‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of well-to-do aristocrats!’
‘aho vatāhaṃ kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā khattiyamahāsālānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyyan’ti.
They settle on that thought, stabilize it and develop it.
So taṃ cittaṃ dahati, taṃ cittaṃ adhiṭṭhāti, taṃ cittaṃ bhāveti.
Those choices and meditations of theirs, developed and cultivated like this, lead to rebirth there.
They think:
Tassa evaṃ hoti:
‘If only, when my body breaks up, after death, I would be reborn in the company of well-to-do brahmins …
‘aho vatāhaṃ kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā brāhmaṇamahāsālānaṃ … pe …
or well-to-do householders.’
gahapatimahāsālānaṃ sahabyataṃ upapajjeyyan’ti.
They settle on that thought, stabilize it and develop it.
So taṃ cittaṃ dahati, taṃ cittaṃ adhiṭṭhāti, taṃ cittaṃ bhāveti.
Those choices and meditations of theirs, developed and cultivated like this, lead to rebirth there.
https://suttacentral.net/mn120/en/sujato
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