[260] Then Sakka, lord of the devas, having delighted in and rejoiced at the Blessed One's words, asked the Blessed One a further question: "Dear sir (mārisa), do all ascetics and brahmins have a single doctrine, a single virtue (sīla), a single desire (chanda), a single attachment (ajjhosāna)?"
"No, lord of the devas, not all ascetics and brahmins have a single doctrine, a single virtue, a single desire, a single attachment."
"But why, dear sir, do not all ascetics and brahmins have a single doctrine, a single virtue, a single desire, a single attachment?"
"Lord of the devas, the world is of many elements (dhātu), of diverse elements. In this world of many and diverse elements, whatever element beings insist upon, to that very element they obstinately adhere with tenacity and grasping, and they declare: 'This alone is true; anything else is vain.' Therefore not all ascetics and brahmins have a single doctrine, a single virtue, a single desire, a single attachment." …
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.