an4.191:3.1 Furthermore, take a mendicant who memorizes the teaching—
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an4.191:3.2 statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.
an4.191:3.3 They’ve followed those teachings by ear, consolidated them by voice, examined them by the mind, and well penetrated them theoretically.
an4.191:3.4 But they die unmindful and are reborn in one of the orders of gods.
an4.191:3.5 But passages of the teaching don’t come back to them when they’re happy, nor does a mendicant with psychic powers … teach Dhamma to the assembly of gods.
an4.191:3.6 However, a godling teaches Dhamma to the assembly of gods.
an4.191:3.7 They think:
an4.191:3.8 ‘I used to lead the spiritual life in this same teaching and training.’
an4.191:3.9 Memory comes up slowly,
an4.191:3.10 but then that being quickly reaches distinction.
an4.191:3.11 Suppose a person was skilled in the sound of horns.
an4.191:3.12 While traveling along a road they hear the sound of horns.
an4.191:3.13 They wouldn’t have any doubt about whether
an4.191:3.14 that was the sound of horns or not.
an4.191:3.15 They’d just conclude, ‘That’s the sound of horns.’
an4.191:3.16 In the same way, take a mendicant who memorizes the teaching …
an4.191:3.19 But they die unmindful and are reborn in one of the orders of gods. …
an4.191:3.24 Memory comes up slowly,
an4.191:3.25 but then that being quickly reaches distinction.
an4.191:3.26 This is the third benefit you can expect when the teachings have been followed by ear, consolidated by voice, examined by the mind, and well penetrated theoretically.