"So saying, bhikkhus, so proclaiming, I have been baselessly, vainly, falsely, and wrongly misrepresented by some recluses and brahmins thus:
'The recluse Gotama is one who leads astray; he teaches the annihilation, the destruction, the extermination of an existing being.' As I am not, as I do not proclaim, so have I been baselessly, vainly, falsely, and wrongly misrepresented by some recluses and brahmins thus: The recluse Gotama is one who leads astray; he teaches the annihilation, the destruction, the extermination of an existing being.'
"Bhikkhus, both formerly and now what I teach is suffering and the cessation of suffering.
If others abuse, revile, scold, and harass the Tathāgata for that, the Tathagata on that account feels no annoyance, bitterness, or dejection of the heart.
And if others honour, respect, revere, and venerate the Tathāgata for that, the Tathāgata on that account feels no delight, joy, or elation of the heart.
If others honour, respect, revere, and venerate the Tathāgata for that, the Tathāgata on that account thinks thus: "They perform such services as these for the sake of what had earlier come to be fully understood."
