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Such a person, monks, should be associated with, should be served, should be attended upon.” In this way, venerable sir, was the person who should be associated with, should be served, should be attended upon, declared by the Blessed One there. The Gūthabhāṇī Sutta Question – How, friend, was the eighth Gūthabhāṇī Sutta in that very chapter on persons spoken by the Blessed One? Answer – In that very chapter on persons, venerable sir, the eighth Gūthabhāṇī Sutta was spoken by the Blessed One thus: “There are, monks, these three persons existing, found in the world. Which three? The dung-speaker, the flower-speaker, the honey-speaker.” Thus, indeed, was it spoken by the Blessed One. The Dung-Speaker Person Question – And how, friend, was the dung-speaker person declared by the Blessed One there? Answer – And what, monks, is the dung-speaker person? Here, monks, a certain person, having gone to an assembly, or to a company, or to a gathering of relatives, or to a gathering of guilds, or to a gathering of royalty, is brought forward, is questioned as a witness: “Come, good man, what you know, that declare!” He, not knowing, says, “I know,” or knowing, says, “I do not know.” Not seeing, he says, “I see,” or seeing, he says, “I do not see.” Thus, for his own sake, or for another’s sake, or for the sake of some trifling gain, he speaks a deliberate falsehood. This, monks, is called the dung-speaker person. Thus, indeed, venerable sir, was the dung-speaker person declared by the Blessed One there. The Flower-Speaker Person Question – And how, friend, was the flower-speaker person declared by the Blessed One there? Answer – And what, monks, is the flower-speaker person? Here, monks, a certain person, having gone to an assembly, or to a company, Or having gone among relatives, or having gone among a crowd, or having gone among a royal family, brought forth, questioned as a witness: "Come, good man, what you know, that declare." He, not knowing, says "I do not know," or knowing, says "I know," or not seeing, says "I do not see," or seeing, says "I see," thus for his own sake, or for another's sake, or for the sake of some trifling gain, he does not speak a deliberate lie. This, monks, is called a "flower-speaker" person. Thus, venerable sir, there the Blessed One declared the "flower-speaker" person. The Honey-speaker Person Question – But how, friend, did the Blessed One there declare the honey-speaker person? Answer – And who, monks, is the honey-speaker person? Here, monks, a certain person, having abandoned harsh speech, abstains from harsh speech. "He is," and so on, venerable sir, thus the Blessed One there declared the honey-speaker person. The Blind Sutta Question – There, friend, in the section on persons, how was the ninth Blind Sutta spoken by the Blessed One? Answer – There, venerable sir, in the section on persons, the ninth Blind Sutta (was spoken thus): "These three persons, monks, exist, are found in the world. Which three? The blind, the one-eyed, the two-eyed." Thus, venerable sir, was it spoken by the Blessed One. Question – What kind of person, friend, was declared blind by the Blessed One there? Answer – The one, venerable sir, who has no eye of wisdom regarding both material things and the Dhamma, such a person, venerable sir, was declared blind by the Blessed One there. Question – But what kind of person, friend, was declared one-eyed by the Blessed One there? Answer – The one, venerable sir, who has an eye of wisdom only regarding material things, not regarding the Dhamma. Such a person, venerable sir, was declared one-eyed by the Blessed One there. Question – But what kind of person, friend, was declared two-eyed by the Blessed One there? Answer – The one, venerable sir, who has an eye of wisdom regarding both material things and the Dhamma, such a person, venerable sir, was declared two-eyed by the Blessed One there. The discerning one is declared. Avakujja Sutta How was the tenth Avakujja Sutta in the Chapter on Individuals, in the Book of Threes, in the Anguttara Nikaya, spoken by that venerable Blessed One, the knowing, the seeing, ... the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One? The tenth Avakujja Sutta, venerable sir, was spoken by the Blessed One beginning thus: "Monks, these three individuals exist, are found in the world. Which three? The individual with overturned wisdom, the individual with lap-wisdom, the individual with widespread wisdom. And which, monks, is the individual with overturned wisdom? Here, monks, a certain individual often goes to a monastery to listen to the Dhamma in the presence of bhikkhus. The bhikkhus teach him the Dhamma, beautiful in the beginning, beautiful in the middle, beautiful in the end, with meaning and with phrasing, proclaiming the entirely complete and purified holy life. While seated on that seat, he does not pay attention to the beginning of that talk, nor to the middle, nor to the end. Even after rising from that seat, he does not pay attention to the beginning of that talk, nor to the middle, nor to the end." Devadūta Chapter, Sabrahmaka Sutta And in the Devadūta Chapter, venerable sir, how was the first Sabrahmaka Sutta spoken by the Blessed One? The first Sabrahmaka Sutta in the Devadūta Chapter, venerable sir, was spoken thus: "Monks, those families are with Brahmā, in which the parents are honored by their children in the home. Monks, those families are with former teachers, in which the parents are honored by their children in the home. Monks, those families are worthy of offerings, in which the parents are honored by their children in the home. 'Brahmā,' monks, is a designation for parents. 'Former teachers,' monks, is a designation for parents. 'Worthy of offerings,' monks, is a designation for parents. For what reason? Monks, parents are very helpful to their children, they are their producers, their nourishers, the revealers of this world to them." , thus, venerable sir, it was spoken by the Blessed One. Parents are called Brahmā, They are called former teachers; Worthy of offerings from their children, Compassionate to their offspring; Therefore, the wise should revere them, And honor them; With food and with drink, With clothes and with bedding; With anointing and bathing, And washing of feet; By such service, the wise Towards their parents. Here they praise him, And after death, he rejoices in heaven – Question – How, venerable sir, was the fifth Hatthaka Sutta spoken by the Blessed One there? Answer – The fifth Hatthaka Sutta, venerable sir, was spoken in Āḷavī concerning Hatthaka the Āḷavaka. Hatthaka the Āḷavaka, venerable sir, said to the Blessed One, "Did the Blessed One sleep well, venerable sir?" In that context, venerable sir, the Blessed One spoke thus: "Yes, young man, I slept well, and of those who sleep well in the world, I am one of them," and so on. "Did the Blessed One sleep well, venerable sir?" "Yes, young man, I slept well, and of those who sleep well in the world, I am one of them." "Yes, young man, I slept well, and of those who sleep well in the world, I am one of them." Always indeed sleeps well, The Brahmin, fully unbound; Who is not defiled by desires, Cooled, without substratum; Having cut all attachments, Having removed the heart's anguish; Peaceful, he sleeps well; Having attained peace of mind." Devadūta Sutta Question – How, venerable sir, was the sixth Devadūta Sutta in the Devadūta Vagga of the Tikanipāta in the Aṅguttara Nikāya spoken by that Blessed One… the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One? Answer – The sixth Devadūta Sutta, venerable sir, was spoken thus: "There are, bhikkhus, these three divine messengers. Which three? Here, bhikkhus, some individual performs evil conduct by body, performs evil conduct by speech, performs evil conduct by mind. Having performed evil conduct by body, having performed evil conduct by speech, having performed evil conduct by mind, at the breaking up of the body after death, is reborn in the plane of misery, a bad destination, a state of woe, hell. Then, monks, the hell-wardens seizing him by his arms, present him to King Yama: "This person, lord, was undutiful to his mother, undutiful to his father, undutiful to monastics, undutiful to brahmins, not revering the elders in his family. May the lord inflict punishment upon him." Thus, venerable sir, was it spoken by the Blessed One. Question: And how, friend, was the Blessed One's interrogation of King Yama's first divine messenger revealed there? Answer: Then, monks, King Yama interrogates, examines, and questions that first divine messenger: "Good man, did you not see the first divine messenger manifest among humans?" Thus, venerable sir, was the Blessed One's interrogation of King Yama's first divine messenger revealed there. "Good man, did you not see the first divine messenger manifest among humans?" Second divine messenger Question: And how, friend, was the Blessed One's interrogation of King Yama's second divine messenger revealed there? Answer: Then, monks, King Yama, having interrogated, examined, and questioned the first divine messenger, interrogates, examines, and questions the second divine messenger: "Good man, did you not see the second divine messenger manifest among humans?" Thus, venerable sir, was the Blessed One's interrogation of King Yama's second divine messenger revealed there. "Good man, did you not see the second divine messenger manifest among humans?" "Good man, did you not see among humans a woman or a man afflicted, suffering, gravely ill, lying in their own urine and feces, being lifted up by others, being laid down by others?" Third divine messenger Question: And how, friend, was the Blessed One's interrogation of King Yama's third divine messenger revealed there? Answer: Then, monks, King Yama, having interrogated, examined, Having admonished, he questions, examines, admonishes the third divine messenger: “Hey man, did you not see