At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain. Then a spirit who was Sakka in name only went up to the Buddha, and addressed him in verse:
“You’ve given up all ties, and are fully freed. It’s not a good idea for you, ascetic, to be instructing others.”
“No matter how you explain why people gather together, Sakka, it’s unworthy for a wise person not to think of the other with sympathy.
If you instruct others with a mind clear and confident, your compassion and empathy don’t create attachments.”
Linked Discourses 10.3 1. With Indaka With Spiky
At one time the Buddha was staying near Gayā on the cut-stone ledge in the haunt of Spiky the native spirit. Now at that time the native spirits Shaggy and Spiky were passing by not far from the Buddha. So Shaggy said to Spiky, “That’s an ascetic.” “That’s no ascetic, he’s a faker! I’ll soon find out whether he’s an ascetic or a faker.”