[552] The Blessed One said this: "Bhikkhus, on one occasion I was dwelling near Ukkaṭṭhā, in the Subhaga Grove at the root of a royal sāla tree. Now on that occasion, bhikkhus, an evil view of this sort had arisen in Baka the Brahmā: 'This is permanent, this is stable, this is eternal, this is whole, this is not subject to passing away; for this neither is born, nor ages, nor dies, nor passes away, nor is reborn; and there is no other escape beyond this.'
Then, bhikkhus, having known with my own mind (citta) the reflection in the mind of Baka the Brahmā, just as a strong man might extend his bent arm or bend his extended arm, even so I vanished from the root of the royal sāla tree in the Subhaga Grove near Ukkaṭṭhā and appeared in that Brahmā world. Bhikkhus, Baka the Brahmā saw me coming from afar, and having seen me, he said this to me: 'Come, good sir! Welcome, good sir! It is long indeed, good sir, since you made this occasion, that is to say, for coming here. For this, good sir, is permanent, this is stable, this is eternal, this is whole, this is not subject to passing away; for this neither is born, nor ages, nor dies, nor passes away, nor is reborn; and there is no other escape beyond this.'
When this was said, bhikkhus, I said this to Baka the Brahmā: 'Alas, sirs, Baka the Brahmā has gone into ignorance (avijjā)! Alas, sirs, Baka the Brahmā has gone into ignorance! Inasmuch as he will say of what is actually impermanent that it is permanent; he will say of what is actually unstable that it is stable; he will say of what is actually non-eternal that it is eternal; he will say of what is actually not whole that it is whole; he will say of what is actually subject to passing away that it is not subject to passing away; and where one is born and ages and dies and passes away and is reborn, of that he will speak thus: "This neither is born, nor ages, nor dies, nor passes away, nor is reborn"; and though there exists another escape beyond this, he will say, "There is no other escape beyond this."'"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.