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With Soṇadaṇḍa 1.4

Sonadanda Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 1.4

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1.4

Now at that time there were about five hundred Brahmans from different kingdoms lodging at Campā for some business or other. And when they heard that Soṇadaṇḍa was intending to visit the Samaṇa Gotama, they went to Soṇadaṇḍa, and asked whether that was so.
‘That is my intention, Sirs. I propose to call on the Samaṇa Gotama.’
‘Let not the venerable Soṇadaṇḍa do that. It is not fitting for him to do so. If it were the venerable Soṇadaṇḍa who went to call upon him, then the venerable Soṇadaṇḍa’s reputation would decrease and the Samaṇa Gotama’s would increase. This is the first reason why you, Sir, should not call upon, him, but he upon you.’

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