sn7.15:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn7.15:1.2 Now at that time a brahmin named Stuck-Up was residing in Sāvatthī.
sn7.15:1.3 He didn’t bow to his mother or father, his tutor, or his oldest brother.
sn7.15:1.4 Now, at that time the Buddha was teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly.
sn7.15:1.5 Then Stuck-Up thought,
sn7.15:1.6 “The ascetic Gotama is teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly.
sn7.15:1.7 Why don’t I approach him?
sn7.15:1.8 If he speaks to me, I’ll speak to him.
sn7.15:1.9 But if he doesn’t speak, neither will I.”
sn7.15:1.10 Then the brahmin Stuck-Up went up to the Buddha, and stood silently to one side.
sn7.15:1.11 But the Buddha didn’t speak to him.
sn7.15:1.12 Then Stuck-Up thought,
sn7.15:1.13 “This ascetic Gotama knows nothing!” And he wanted to go back from there right away.
sn7.15:1.14 Then the Buddha, knowing Stuck-Up’s train of thought, addressed him in verse: