Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c29.s1.19

v2.c29.s1.19

In the first four classes of bhikkhus, the aforesaid affinity between them and their leaders is obvious. In the next three classes, the affinity existed all the same though it may not be apparent on the face of it. For the Samādhists followed Mahāmoggallāna because he was the master of *iddhi* par excellence which could be obtained only through *samādhi*, and the bhikkhunīs followed Ānanda because to him the order of nuns owed its origin.