The Long Āgama Sūtra 27.42

27.42

又白佛言：「我於一時至末伽梨拘舍梨所，問言：『如今人乘象、馬車，習於兵法，乃至種種營生，皆現有果報；今者此眾現在修道，現得報不？』彼報我言：『大王！無施、無與，無祭祀法，亦無善惡，無善惡報，無有今世，亦無後世，無父、無母，無天、無化、無眾生，世無沙門、婆羅門平等行者，亦無今世、後世，自身作證，布現他人。諸言有者，皆是虛妄。』世尊！猶如有人問瓜報李，問李報瓜。彼亦如是，我問現得報不？彼乃以無義答。我即自念言：『我是剎利王，水澆頭種，無緣殺出家人，繫縛驅遣。』時，我懷忿結心，作此念已，即便捨去。」

He also said to the Buddha, “There was a time I went to Maskarin Gośālīputra and asked him, ‘Just as people ride elephants and horse chariots armed with … martial methods … various occupations give rise their rewards in the present. Now, this assembly presently cultivates the path. What reward do they obtain in the present?’

“He replied to me, ‘Great king, there’s no gift and no giving, and no sacrifice. There’s no good or bad and no good or bad rewards. There’s no present life and no afterlife. There’s no father, no mother, no gods, no conjured sentient beings. There are no ascetics or priests in the world who practice the same. None of them who are self-realized and disseminate it to other people in the present life or an afterlife. Their words are all false.’

“Bhagavān, it was like someone asking about a melon and getting an answer about a plum; he was likewise. I asked if they attain rewards in the present or not, and he gave me a meaningless answer. So, I then thought, ‘I am a warrior king whose head was anointed with water. There’s no reason to kill this mendicant, but I should bind him and drive him away!’ I felt anger that fettered my mind. Having had this thought, I then departed.”