Lohicca Sutta 8.3

8.3

“lohiccassa, bhante, brāhmaṇassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ:

Now, as he went, Bhesikā the barber walked, step by step, behind the Exalted One. And he said to him:
‘The following wicked opinion has occurred to Lohicca the Brahman: “Suppose that a Samaṇa or a Brahmaṇa have reached up to some good state (of mind), then he should tell no one else about it.’ For what can one man do for another? To tell others would be like the man who, having broken through an old bond, should entangle himself in a new one. Like that, I say, is this (desire to declare to others); it is a form of lust.” Twere well, Sir, if the Exalted One would disabuse his mind thereof. For what can one man do for another?’
‘That may well be, Bhesikā, that may well be.’