5.
The Discourse on the Hair Blanket
138.
"Just as, monks, whatever woven cloths there are, a hair blanket is declared the worst among them.
A hair blanket, monks, is cold in the cold, hot in the heat, ugly, foul-smelling, of unpleasant contact.
So too, monks, whatever doctrines of various ascetics and brahmins there are, Makkhali's doctrine is declared the worst among them.
"Makkhali, monks, the foolish man, holds such a doctrine and view: 'There is no action, there is no deed, there is no energy.' Those who were Worthy Ones, Perfectly Enlightened Ones in the past period of time, monks, those Blessed Ones too were proponents of the efficacy of action, proponents of the efficacy of deeds, and proponents of the efficacy of energy. Them too, monks, Makkhali the foolish man obstructs - 'There is no action, there is no deed, there is no energy.' Those who will be Worthy Ones, Perfectly Enlightened Ones in the future period of time, monks, those Blessed Ones too will be proponents of the efficacy of action, proponents of the efficacy of deeds, and proponents of the efficacy of energy. Them too, monks, Makkhali the foolish man obstructs - 'There is no action, there is no deed, there is no energy.' I too, monks, at present, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, am a proponent of the efficacy of action, a proponent of the efficacy of deeds, and a proponent of the efficacy of energy. Me too, monks, Makkhali the foolish man obstructs - 'There is no action, there is no deed, there is no energy.'
"Just as, monks, a fish-trap set up at the mouth of a river would be for the harm, for the suffering, for the calamity, for the disaster of many fish; so too, monks, Makkhali the foolish man has arisen in the world as, I think, a human fish-trap, for the harm, for the suffering, for the calamity, for the disaster of many beings." The fifth.