[302] **"For it is not by that means that the skilled speak of purity"** — *the skilled* (kusalā): those who are skilled in the aggregates (khandha), skilled in the elements (dhātu), skilled in the sense bases (āyatana), skilled in dependent origination (paṭiccasamuppāda), skilled in the establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), skilled in the right exertions (sammappadhāna), skilled in the bases of spiritual power (iddhipāda), skilled in the faculties (indriya), skilled in the powers (bala), skilled in the factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), skilled in the path (magga), skilled in fruition (phala), skilled in Nibbāna — those skilled ones do not say, do not declare, do not speak, do not explain, do not express that purity (suddhi), higher purity, complete purity, release, liberation (vimutti), or complete release comes about through quarreling over views (diṭṭhi), through wrangling over views, through contention over views, through dispute over views, or through strife over views. Hence: "For it is not by that means that the skilled speak of purity." Therefore the Blessed One said:
Whatever haughtiness there is, that is for him the ground of ruin;
yet he speaks in conceit and arrogance.
Seeing this too, one should not dispute;
for it is not by that means that the skilled speak of purity.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.