The various grounds for criticism that ascetics and brahmins rely on vanish on reaching a Realized One, self-assured, gone beyond grounds for criticism.
He rolls forth the Wheel of Dhamma <j>as a consummate one, complete, sympathetic for all living creatures. Sentient beings revere him, <j>first among gods and humans, who has gone beyond rebirth.”
Numbered Discourses 4.9 1. At Wares Village The Arising of Craving
“Mendicants, there are four things that give rise to craving in a mendicant. What four? For the sake of robes, almsfood, lodgings, or rebirth in this or that state. These are the four things that give rise to craving in a mendicant.
Craving is a person’s partner as they transmigrate on this long journey. They go from this state to another, but don’t escape transmigration.
Knowing this drawback—that craving is the cause of suffering—rid of craving, free of grasping, a mendicant would wander mindful.”
Numbered Discourses 4.10 1. At Wares Village Yokes