The Long Āgama Sūtra 15.29

15.29

「頭摩子告曰：『汝亦如是，蒙佛恩力，存生於世，得人供養，而今更與如來共競。』時，彼頭摩子以四種喻，面呵責已，還詣大眾，報言：『我以持眾人聲喚波梨子，彼報我言：「當歸！當歸！」即於繩床上動轉其身，床即著足不能得離；彼尚不能自離繩床何由能得來到此眾？』爾時，世尊告頭摩子言：『我先語汝，欲使此人來至佛所，無有是處。正使汝以革繩重繫，群牛共挽，至身碎壞，彼終不肯捨如是語、如是見、慢，來至我所。』梵志！時，我即與彼大眾種種說法，示教利喜，於彼眾中三師子吼，身昇虛空，還詣本處。」

“That Licchavi son Dhūma told him, ‘You are likewise. As a result of the Buddha’s magnanimity arising in the world, you receive people’s offerings, but now you compete with the Tathāgata.’

“After chastising him with those four kinds of metaphor, the Licchavi son Dhūma returned to the large assembly and reported, ‘I carried the assembly’s message to Pāṭiputra and told him. His response to me was ‘I’ll return! I’ll return!’” Then, he turned his body on that rope seat, and his foot was snared in the seat. He couldn’t free himself from it. He couldn’t free himself from the rope seat, so how will he come to this assembly?’

“I told Dhūma’s son, ‘I told you before, it isn’t possible to make this man come to the Buddha. Even if you tied a leather cord to him tightly and pulled him with a herd of cattle, his body would be torn apart. He’ll never abandon such statements, such views, and pride to come to me.’

“Wanderer, I then explained a variety of teachings for that large assembly, instructing, benefiting, and making them rejoice. In that assembly, I roared the lion’s roar three times. I then ascended into the sky and returned home.”