mn89:14.1 Furthermore, I’ve seen some astute aristocrats who are subtle, accomplished in the doctrines of others, hair-splitters. You’d think they live to demolish convictions with their intellect.
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mn89:14.2 They hear:
mn89:14.3 ‘So, gentlemen, that ascetic Gotama will come down to such-and-such village or town.’
mn89:14.4 They formulate a question, thinking:
mn89:14.5 ‘We’ll approach the ascetic Gotama and ask him this question.
mn89:14.6 If he answers like this, we’ll refute him like that;
mn89:14.7 and if he answers like that, we’ll refute him like this.’
mn89:14.8 When they hear that
mn89:14.9 he has come down
mn89:14.10 they approach him.
mn89:14.11 The Buddha educates, encourages, fires up, and inspires them with a Dhamma talk.
mn89:14.12 They don’t even get around to asking their question to the Buddha, so how could they refute his answer?
mn89:14.13 Invariably, they become his disciples.
mn89:14.14 So I infer this about the Buddha from the teaching:
mn89:14.15 ‘The Blessed One is a fully awakened Buddha. The teaching is well explained. The Saṅgha is practicing well.’