Kevattasutta 7.1-8

7.1

Tamenaṃ so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyya:

But the one lacking faith and confidence would say to them:

7.2

‘atthi kho, bho, maṇikā nāma vijjā;

‘There’s a spell named Māṇikā.

7.3

tāya so bhikkhu parasattānaṃ parapuggalānaṃ cittampi ādisati, cetasikampi ādisati, vitakkitampi ādisati, vicāritampi ādisati:

Using that a mendicant can reveal another individual’s thoughts.’

7.4

“evampi te mano, itthampi te mano, itipi te cittan”’ti.

7.5

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, kevaṭṭa,

What do you think, Kevaḍḍha?

7.6

api nu so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyyā”ti?

Wouldn’t someone lacking faith speak like that?”

7.7

“Vadeyya, bhante”ti.

“They would, sir.”

7.8

“Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, kevaṭṭa, ādesanāpāṭihāriye ādīnavaṃ sampassamāno ādesanāpāṭihāriyena aṭṭīyāmi harāyāmi jigucchāmi.

“Seeing this drawback in revealing, I’m horrified, repelled, and disgusted by demonstrations of revealing.