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an.1.319 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

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“Mendicants, I do not see a single other person who acts for the hurt and unhappiness of the people, for the harm, hurt, and suffering of many people, of gods and humans like that silly man, Makkhali.
Just as a trap set at the mouth of a river would bring harm, suffering, calamity, and disaster for many fish,
so too that silly man, Makkhali, is a trap for humans, it seems to me. He has arisen in the world for the harm, suffering, calamity, and disaster of many beings.”