[305] "Furthermore, Sandaka, here a certain teacher is a traditionalist (anussaviko), one who takes oral tradition to be truth. He teaches a Dhamma by oral tradition, by a lineage of hearsay handed down thus-and-so (itihītiha-paramparā), by the authority of the scriptural collections (piṭaka-sampadā). But, Sandaka, when a teacher is a traditionalist who takes oral tradition to be truth, some of it is well heard and some ill heard; some is so and some is otherwise. In that case, Sandaka, a sensible person reflects thus: 'This worthy teacher is a traditionalist, one who takes oral tradition to be truth. He teaches a Dhamma by oral tradition, by a lineage of hearsay handed down thus-and-so, by the authority of the scriptural collections. But when a teacher is a traditionalist who takes oral tradition to be truth, some of it is well heard and some ill heard; some is so and some is otherwise.' Knowing thus, 'This holy life (brahmacariya) is without consolation (anassāsika),' he becomes disenchanted with that holy life and departs. This, Sandaka, is the second holy life without consolation declared by that Blessed One who knows and sees, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Awakened One, wherein a sensible person would, so far as he is able, not live the holy life, and if he lived it, he would not accomplish the true way, the wholesome Dhamma (ñāyaṃ dhammaṃ kusalaṃ)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.