Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
III: Gahapati-Vagga

The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha
VIII. The Book of the Eights
III. Householders

Sutta 26

Jīvaka Komarabhacca Suttaɱ

Jīvaka

Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi.

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[222] [1155]

[1][pts][than] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha in Jīvaka's mango grove. Then Jīvaka Komarabhacca approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, sat down to one side, and said to him:

"In what way, bhante, is one a lay follower."

[The rest as in 8:25.]