Did the Buddha ever 'thunder' during a Fire Sermon?
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If I recall correctly, I once read (in a book which I no longer have) that:
- The Fire Sermon happened (soon) after the Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion
- The Buddha spoke it to a believer/theorist/priest-like person of a non-Buddhist sect
- The other person spoke first, giving their theory first
- When the Buddha replies, the book said,
> "The fire of life must be put out!", he thundered.
[This version of the Fire Sermon](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.than.html) isn't like that at all:
- Delivered to 1000 monks
- No thundering
Is there any text (including e.g. Mahayana) that you know of, that's like what I quoted above?
Are there any reports, any reliable report, on whether or how much the Buddha [displayed emotional affect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_display) ? Did he seem cheerful? Angry? Did he pretend to get angry?
If this question cannot be answered about the Buddha (e.g. because it was too long ago and not recorded), is there other people more recent who are "like the Buddha", about whom this is known?
It's usually difficult to judge how much affect a person displays (so it's useless to be judgmental); I'm wondering whether the Buddha is known to have "displayed affect" to an unusually high (very obvious) or to an unusually low degree.
Asked by ChrisW
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Oct 11, 2014, 03:55 PM
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