mn89:17.1 some astute ascetics who are subtle, accomplished in the doctrines of others, hair-splitters. …
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mn89:17.12 They don’t even get around to asking their question to the Buddha, so how could they refute his answer?
mn89:17.13 Invariably, they ask the Buddha for the chance to go forth.
mn89:17.14 And he gives them the going-forth.
mn89:17.15 Soon after going forth, living withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, they realize the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. They live having achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.
mn89:17.16 They say:
mn89:17.17 ‘We were almost lost! We almost perished!
mn89:17.18 For we used to claim that we were ascetics, brahmins, and perfected ones, but we were none of these things.
mn89:17.19 But now we really are ascetics, brahmins, and perfected ones!’
mn89:17.20 So I infer this about the Buddha from the teaching:
mn89:17.21 ‘The Blessed One is a fully awakened Buddha. The teaching is well explained. The Saṅgha is practicing well.’