mn89:18.1 Furthermore, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown.
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mn89:18.2 And yet they don’t show me the same level of deference that they show to the Buddha.
mn89:18.3 Once it so happened that while I was leading a military campaign and testing Isidatta and Purāṇa I took up residence in a cramped house.
mn89:18.4 They spent much of the night discussing the teaching, then they lay down with their heads toward where the Buddha was and their feet toward me.
mn89:18.5 It occurred to me:
mn89:18.6 ‘Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing!
mn89:18.7 These chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown.
mn89:18.8 And yet they don’t show me the same level of deference that they show to the Buddha.
mn89:18.9 Clearly these venerables have realized a higher distinction in the Buddha’s instructions than they had before.’
mn89:18.10 So I infer this about the Buddha from the teaching:
mn89:18.11 ‘The Blessed One is a fully awakened Buddha. The teaching is well explained. The Saṅgha is practicing well.’