AN.1.248–257

Aṅguttara Nikāya ("Collections of Numbered Discourses")

“The foremost of my laymen in first going for refuge are the merchants Tapussa and Bhallika.

… as a donor is the householder Sudatta Anāthapiṇḍika.

… who speak on the teaching is the householder Citta Macchikāsaṇḍika.

… who attract a congregation by the four ways of being inclusive is Hatthaka Āḷavaka.

… who donate fine things is Mahānāma Sakka.

… who donate nice things is the householder Ugga of Vesālī.

… who attend on the Saṅgha is the householder Uggata of Hatthi Village.

… who have experiential confidence is Sūrambaṭṭha.

… who have confidence in a person is Jīvaka Komārabhacca.

… who are intimate is the householder Nakula’s father.”



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