Māgaṇḍiyasuttaṃ [Snp 4.9, PTS 164–166]

How much less for this, full of urine and excrement - I would not wish to touch it even with my foot."

What kind of wrong view, ceremonial observances, livelihood, and rebirth in existence do you speak of?"

"Having discriminated what is grasped among phenomena;

And seeing, not grasping among views,

Seeking internal peace, I saw."

"You, sage, speak of not grasping them;

This meaning which is 'internal peace' -

How has that been declared by the wise?"

"Nor by moral rules and austerities does he speak of purity;

Not without view, not without tradition, not without knowledge,

Not without morality, not without austerity, nor by that;

Having abandoned these and not grasping,

Peaceful, not depending, one should not long for existence."

"Nor by moral rules and austerities does he speak of purity;

Not without view, not without tradition, not without knowledge,

Not without morality, not without austerity, nor by that;

I imagine this teaching to be sheer delusion,

Some by view attain purity."

"You have come to delusion regarding what has been grasped;

And from this you have not seen even a subtle perception,

Therefore you regard it as sheer delusion."

One unshaken in the three discriminations, for him there is no 'equal' or 'superior'."

In whom there is neither equal nor unequal, with whom would he engage in dispute?

Empty of sensual pleasures, not putting anything forward, he would not engage in dispute with people.

Just as the water-born lotus with thorny stalk, is untainted by water and mud;

Thus the sage who speaks of peace, without greed, is untainted by sensual pleasures and the world.

He is not to be guided by action, nor by learning, he is not led into attachments.

Those who have grasped perception and view, they wander in the world clashing."