6.
The Discourse on Pilindavaccha
26.
Thus have I heard -
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrels' Feeding Ground.
Now at that time the Venerable Pilindavaccha was addressing the monks with the term 'outcast'.
Then several monks approached the Blessed One;
having approached, they paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, those monks said this to the Blessed One -
"The Venerable Pilindavaccha, venerable sir, addresses the monks with the term 'outcast'."
Then the Blessed One addressed a certain monk - "Come, monk, in my name address the monk Pilindavaccha - 'The Teacher calls you, friend Pilindavaccha.'" "Yes, venerable sir," that monk, having assented to the Blessed One, approached the Venerable Pilindavaccha; having approached, he said this to the Venerable Pilindavaccha - "The Teacher calls you, friend Pilindavaccha."
"Yes, friend," the Venerable Pilindavaccha, having assented to that monk, approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. To the Venerable Pilindavaccha seated to one side, the Blessed One said this: "Is it true, Vaccha, that you address the monks with the term 'outcast'?" "Yes, venerable sir."
Then the Blessed One, having attended in mind to the Venerable Pilindavaccha's past lives, addressed the monks - "Do not, monks, grumble at the monk Vaccha. Vaccha, monks, does not address the monks with the term 'outcast' with hate within. For the monk Vaccha, monks, five hundred births uninterrupted were reborn in a brahmin family. That term 'outcast' of his has been practised for a long time. Therefore this Vaccha addresses the monks with the term 'outcast'."
Then the Blessed One, having understood this matter, at that time uttered this inspired utterance -
Who is free from greed, unselfish, desireless;
With wrath dispelled, with self perfectly quenched,
He is a brahmin, he is an ascetic, he is a monk." The sixth.