dn2:21.1 And so, when I asked the bamboo-staffed ascetic Gosāla about the fruits of the ascetic life apparent in the present life, he answered with the doctrine of purification through transmigration.
dn2:21.2 It was like someone who, when asked about a mango, answered with a breadfruit, or when asked about a breadfruit, answered with a mango.
dn2:21.4 I thought:
dn2:21.5 ‘How on earth could one such as I presume to rebuke an ascetic or brahmin living in my realm?’
dn2:21.6 So I neither approved nor rejected that statement of the bamboo-staffed ascetic Gosāla.
dn2:21.7 I was displeased, but did not express my displeasure. Neither accepting what he said nor contradicting it, I rose from my seat and left.



