The Long Āgama Sūtra 14.38

14.38

佛告帝釋：「一切沙門、婆羅門不盡除調戲在滅迹也。所以然者？帝釋，世間有種種界，眾生各依己界，堅固守持，不能捨離，謂己為實，餘者為虛。是故，帝釋！一切沙門、婆羅門不盡除調戲而在滅迹。」

The Buddha addressed Lord Śakra, “Not all the ascetics and the priests on the path of cessation completely eliminate error. Why is this? Lord Śakra, the world has a variety of realms, and sentient beings depend on their own realms, firmly defending them. They aren’t able to abandon them. They say, ‘Mine is true; the rest is false.’ Therefore, Lord Śakra, not all the ascetics and priests on the path to cessation entirely eliminate error.”