mn31:22.1 “That’s so true, Dīgha! That’s so true!
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mn31:22.2 If the family from which those three gentlemen went forth from the lay life to homelessness were to recollect those venerables with confident heart, that would be for that family’s lasting welfare and happiness.
mn31:22.3 If the family circle …
mn31:22.4 village …
mn31:22.5 town …
mn31:22.6 city …
mn31:22.7 country …
mn31:22.8 all the aristocrats …
mn31:22.9 all the brahmins …
mn31:22.10 all the peasants …
mn31:22.11 all the workers were to recollect those venerables with confident heart, that would be for all those menials’ lasting welfare and happiness.
mn31:22.12 If the whole world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—were to recollect those venerables with confident heart, that would be for the whole world’s lasting welfare and happiness.
mn31:22.13 See, Dīgha, how those three gentlemen are practicing for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans!”
mn31:22.14 That is what the Buddha said.
mn31:22.15 Satisfied, the native spirit Dīgha Parajana approved what the Buddha said.