mn95:13.1 “Well, Bhāradvāja, is there even a single one of the brahmins who says this:
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mn95:13.2 ‘I know this, I see this:
mn95:13.3 this is the only truth, anything else is futile’?”
mn95:13.4 “No, worthy Gotama.”
mn95:13.5 “Well, is there even a single tutor of the brahmins, or a tutors’ tutor, or anyone back to the seventh generation of tutors, who says this:
mn95:13.6 ‘I know this, I see this:
mn95:13.7 this is the only truth, anything else is futile’?”
mn95:13.8 “No, worthy Gotama.”
mn95:13.9 “Well, what of the ancient seers of the brahmins, namely Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamadaggi, Aṅgīrasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, and Bhagu? They were the authors and propagators of the hymns. Their hymnal was sung and propagated and compiled in ancient times; and these days, brahmins continue to sing and chant it, chanting what was chanted and teaching what was taught.
mn95:13.10 Did even they say:
mn95:13.11 ‘We know this, we see this:
mn95:13.12 this is the only truth, anything else is futile’?”
mn95:13.13 “No, worthy Gotama.”
mn95:13.14 “So, Bhāradvāja, it seems that there is not a single one of the brahmins,
mn95:13.17 not even anyone back to the seventh generation of tutors,
mn95:13.20 nor even the ancient seers of the brahmins who say:
mn95:13.21 ‘We know this, we see this:
mn95:13.22 this is the only truth, anything else is futile.’
mn95:13.23 Suppose there was a queue of blind men, each holding the one in front: the first one does not see, the middle one does not see, and the last one does not see.
mn95:13.24 In the same way, it seems to me that the brahmins’ statement turns out to be like a queue of blind men: the first one does not see, the middle one does not see, and the last one does not see.
mn95:13.25 What do you think, Bhāradvāja?
mn95:13.26 This being so, doesn’t the brahmins’ faith turn out to be baseless?”