[269] Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha, on Mount Gijjhakūṭa, in the Sūkarakhatā Cave. Then the wanderer Dīghanakha approached the Blessed One; having approached, he exchanged greetings with the Blessed One, and when this courteous and memorable talk was concluded, he stood to one side. Standing to one side, the wanderer Dīghanakha said to the Blessed One: "Master Gotama, I am one of such a doctrine, of such a view: 'Nothing is acceptable to me.'"
"But, Aggivessana, that very view of yours—'Nothing is acceptable to me'—is that view too not acceptable to you?"
"Master Gotama, if this view were acceptable to me, that too would be just the same, that too would be just the same."
"Well then, Aggivessana, there are many—indeed more than that—in the world who speak thus: 'That too would be just the same, that too would be just the same,' and yet they do not give up that very view and they take up another view. And there are few—indeed fewer than that—in the world who speak thus: 'That too would be just the same, that too would be just the same,' and they give up that very view and do not take up another view."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.