The Long Āgama Sūtra 15.21

15.21

「梵志！時，善宿比丘著衣持鉢，入城乞食，見波梨梵志於大眾中作如是說：『沙門瞿曇自稱智慧，我亦智慧；沙門瞿曇自稱神足，我亦有神足；沙門瞿曇得超越道，我亦得超越道。我當與彼共現神足，沙門現一，我當現二；沙門現四，我當現八；乃至隨沙門所現多少，我盡能倍。』時，善宿比丘乞食已，來至我所，頭面禮，一面坐，語我言：『我於晨朝著衣持鉢，入城乞食，時，聞毘舍離波梨子於大眾中作是說言：沙門瞿曇有大智慧，我亦有大智慧；沙門瞿曇有神足，我亦有神足；瞿曇現一，我當現二；乃至隨瞿曇所現多少，我盡能倍。』具以此事而來告我，我語善宿言：『彼波梨子於大眾中不捨此語，不捨此見，不捨此慢，來至我所者，終無是處。若彼作是念：我不捨此語，不捨此見，不捨此慢，而至沙門瞿曇所者，彼頭即當破為七分。欲使彼人不捨此語，不捨見慢，而能來者，無有是處。』

“Wanderer, when the monk Sunakṣatra put on his robe and took his bowl into the city to solicit alms, he saw the wanderer Pāṭiputra in that large crowd making this statement, ‘The ascetic Gautama says he is wise. I am wise, too. The ascetic Gautama says he has miraculous abilities. I have miraculous abilities, too. The ascetic Gautama has achieved the transcendental path. I have achieved the transcendental path, too. He and I will demonstrate miraculous abilities together. The ascetic will demonstrate one ability, and then I will demonstrate two … When the ascetic demonstrates four, I will demonstrate eight … However many that that ascetic demonstrates, I will demonstrate twice as many.’

“After Sunakṣatra had solicited alms, he came to me, bowed his head, and sat to one side. He said to me, ‘In the early morning, I put on my robe and took my bowl into the city to solicit alms. I heard the Vaiśālī Pāṭiputra make this statement in a large crowd: “The ascetic Gautama has great wisdom. I have great wisdom, too. The ascetic Gautama has miraculous abilities. I have miraculous abilities, too. … If the ascetic demonstrates one ability, then I will demonstrate two … However many that that ascetic demonstrates, I will demonstrate twice as many.”’

“He came to tell me about these events. I said to Sunakṣatra, ‘That Pāṭiputra didn’t abandon this claim, didn’t abandon this view, and didn’t abandon this arrogance in a large crowd. He will never come to me. If he were to think, ‘I won’t abandon this claim, this view, or this arrogance, but I’ll go to the ascetic Gautama,’ his head would split into seven pieces. It isn’t possible for such a person to come to me who doesn’t abandon such a claim, view, and arrogance.’