168. Sakka, the Ruler of the Gods, asked the Lord: “Sir, do all monks and brahmans teach the same ideas, practice the same morality, desire the same thing and pursue the same goal?”
“No, Ruler of the Gods, they do not. And why not? This world is made up of many and various elements, and people adhere to one or another of these elements, and become tenaciously attached to them, insisting: ‘This alone is true, all else is false.’ Therefore, all monks and brahmans do not teach the same ideas, practice the same morality, desire the same thing or pursue the same goal.”
D.II,282 (DN 21)
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