dn2:33.1 And so, when I asked Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta about the fruits of the ascetic life apparent in the present life, he answered with flip-flopping.
dn2:33.2 It was like someone who, when asked about a mango, answered with a breadfruit, or when asked about a breadfruit, answered with a mango.
dn2:33.4 I thought:
dn2:33.5 ‘This is the most foolish and stupid of all these ascetics and brahmins!
dn2:33.6 How on earth can he answer with flip-flopping when asked about the fruits of the ascetic life apparent in the present life?’
dn2:33.7 I thought:
dn2:33.8 ‘How on earth could one such as I presume to rebuke an ascetic or brahmin living in my realm?’
dn2:33.9 So I neither approved nor rejected that statement of Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta.
dn2:33.10 I was displeased, but did not express my displeasure. Neither accepting what he said nor contradicting it, I rose from my seat and left.



