Then Sunakkhatta came to me, bowed, and sat down to one side. I said to him, ‘What do you think, Sunakkhatta? Did the prediction I made about the aristocrat of Kuru turn out to be correct, or not?’ ‘It turned out to be correct.’ ‘What do you think, Sunakkhatta? If that is so, has a superhuman demonstration of psychic power been performed or not?’ ‘Clearly, sir, a superhuman demonstration of psychic power has been performed.’ ‘Though I performed such a superhuman demonstration of psychic power you say this: “But sir, the Buddha never performs any superhuman demonstrations of psychic power for me.” See how far you have strayed!’ Though I spoke to Sunakkhatta like this, he still left this teaching and training, like someone on the highway to hell.

3. On the Naked Ascetic Kaḷāramaṭṭaka