mn100:12.1 So I approached Uddaka son of Rāma and said to him,
mn100:12.2 ‘Reverend, had Rāma realized this teaching with his own insight up to this point, and declared having achieved it?’
mn100:12.3 ‘He had, reverend.’
mn100:12.4 ‘I too have realized this teaching with my own insight up to this point, and live having achieved it.’
mn100:12.5 ‘We are fortunate, reverend, so very fortunate
mn100:12.6 to see a venerable such as yourself as one of our spiritual companions!
mn100:12.7 So the teaching that Rāma had realized with his own insight, and declared having achieved it, you’ve realized with your own insight, and dwell having achieved it.
mn100:12.8 The teaching that you’ve realized with your own insight, and dwell having achieved it, Rāma had realized with his own insight, and declared having achieved it.
mn100:12.9 So the teaching that Rāma directly knew, you know, and the teaching you know, Rāma directly knew.
mn100:12.10 Rāma was like you and you are like Rāma.
mn100:12.11 Come now, reverend! You should lead this community.’
mn100:12.12 And that is how my spiritual companion Uddaka son of Rāma placed me in the position of a tutor and honored me with high praise.
mn100:12.13 Then it occurred to me,
mn100:12.14 ‘This teaching doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment. It only leads as far as rebirth in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.’
mn100:12.15 Realizing that this teaching was inadequate, I left disappointed.