The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Fifth Chapter for Recitation
There are four wonderful and marvellous things, monks, about
Ānanda.
Which four?
1) If, monks, a group of monks approach to see Ānanda their minds
are uplifted through seeing (him), and if Ānanda speaks words of
welcome, 156 their minds are uplifted with the speech, but that
group of monks are dissatisfied if at that time Ānanda remains
silent.
2) If, monks, a group of nuns approach to see Ānanda their minds are
uplifted through seeing (him), and if Ānanda speaks words of
welcome, their minds are uplifted with the speech, but that group
of nuns are dissatisfied if at that time Ānanda remains silent.
3) If, monks, a group of laymen approach to see Ānanda their minds
are uplifted through seeing (him), and if Ānanda speaks words of
welcome, their minds are uplifted with the speech, but that group
of laymen are dissatisfied if at that time Ānanda remains silent.
156 The Commentary defines dhamma here as paṭisanthāradhammaṁ, and
gives examples of the way he greets the various people he meets with
appropriate speech.
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