Early Buddhism

The Brahmin Uṇṇābha

Uṇṇābhabrāhmaṇasutta

Ānanda explains to the brahmin Uṇṇābha that the spiritual path is lived to give up desire through the the four bases of psychic power. But Uṇṇābha says this is a contradiction, as desire is itself one of the four bases. Ānanda resolves the contradiction with the simile of a man walking to a park.