Rāsiyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 646

[646] Therein, headman (gāmaṇi), that ascetic living a rough life (tapassī lūkhajīvī) who torments and mortifies himself, and who does indeed attain a wholesome state (kusala dhamma), but does not realize any superhuman state (uttarimanussadhamma), any distinction in knowledge (ñāṇa) and vision worthy of the noble ones — this ascetic living a rough life, headman, is blameworthy on two grounds and praiseworthy on one ground. On what two grounds is he blameworthy? In that he torments and mortifies himself — on this first ground he is blameworthy. In that he does not realize any superhuman state, any distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones — on this second ground he is blameworthy. On what one ground is he praiseworthy? In that he does indeed attain a wholesome state — on this one ground he is praiseworthy. This ascetic living a rough life, headman, is blameworthy on these two grounds and praiseworthy on this one ground.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.