[611] Therein, Ānanda, when an ascetic or brahmin speaks thus: 'It seems, worthy sir, that there are no good deeds; there is no result of good conduct' — this I do not grant him. But when he speaks thus: 'I saw such-and-such an individual here, one who abstained from killing living beings, who abstained from taking what is not given … one of right view; and with the breakup of the body, after death, I see him reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a place of ruin, hell' — this I grant him. But when he speaks thus: 'It seems, worthy sir, that everyone who abstains from killing living beings, who abstains from taking what is not given … one of right view, is, with the breakup of the body, after death, reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, a place of ruin, hell' — this I do not grant him. And when he speaks thus: 'Those who know thus know rightly; those who know otherwise — their knowledge (ñāṇa) is wrong' — this too I do not grant him. And when, obstinately adhering with force and clinging to just that which he has himself known, himself seen, himself understood, he declares: 'This alone is true; anything else is futile' — this too I do not grant him. Why is that? Because, Ānanda, the Tathāgata's knowledge of the great analysis of deeds (mahākammavibhaṅga) is otherwise.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.