Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.260

v1.c7.260

He reported to the Buddha any news which he heard and thought interesting.¹⁴ Laymen and laywomen, wishing to give alms to the Buddha and the monks, would often consult him in their difficulties, and he would always advise them.¹⁵ When the monks came to him expressing their desire to hear the Buddha preach, he did his best to grant their wish.¹⁶ Sometimes when Ānanda felt that an interview with the Buddha would be of use to certain people, he would contrive that the Buddha should talk to them and solve their doubts; thus, for instance, he arranged an interview for the Nigaṇṭha Saccaka¹⁷ and the brahmins Saṅgārava and Rammaka.¹⁸ Similarly he took Samiddhi to the Buddha when he found that Samiddhi had wrongly represented the Buddha’s views.¹⁹ When he discovered that Kimbila and a large number of other monks would greatly benefit if the Buddha would preach to them on ānāpānasati, he requested the Buddha that he should do so.²⁰