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For the good Gotama experiences various kinds of psychic power… …even to the Brahma-world he wields power with his body. For the good Gotama, having attained a concentration free from initial and sustained thought, comprehends with his mind the mind of another, knowing: ‘As this good man’s mental formations are directed, immediately after this thought, he will think such and such a thought.’ For the good Gotama thus instructs: ‘Think thus, do not think thus; pay attention thus, do not pay attention thus; abandon this, dwell having attained this.’ Indeed, brahmin, you have spoken with a challenging and confrontational speech; nevertheless, I shall answer you. For I, brahmin, experience various kinds of psychic power… …even to the Brahma-world I wield power with my body. For I, brahmin, having attained a concentration free from initial and sustained thought, comprehend with my mind the mind of another, knowing: ‘As this good man’s mental formations are directed, immediately after this thought, he will think such and such a thought.’ For I, brahmin, thus instruct: ‘Think thus, do not think thus; pay attention thus, do not pay attention thus; abandon this, dwell having attained this.’ “Is there, good Gotama, any other single monk who is endowed with these three marvels, apart from the good Gotama?” “Not just one hundred, brahmin, not two hundred, not three hundred, not four hundred, not five hundred, but even more are those monks who are endowed with these three marvels.” “Where, good Gotama, do those monks now reside?” “Right here, brahmin, in this monastic community.” Excellent, good Gotama! Excellent, good Gotama! Just as, good Gotama, one might set upright what was overturned, or reveal what was hidden, or show the way to one who was lost, or hold up a lamp in the darkness – 'those with eyes will see forms' – even so has the Dhamma been made clear by the good Gotama in many ways. I go for refuge to the good Gotama, and to the Dhamma, and to the Bhikkhu Saṅgha. May the good Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge from this day forth, for as long as life lasts. The Tenth. The Chapter on Brahmins, the First. Its Summary – Two brahmins, and another, by the wanderer, extinguished; Palokavaccha, Tikaṇṇa, Soṇi, and Saṅgārava.