sn55.23:8.4 “Sir, some instigation of a legal proceeding might come up. The Buddha might take one side, and the Saṅgha of monks the other.
sn55.23:8.5 I’d side with the Buddha.
sn55.23:8.6 May the Buddha remember me as having such confidence.
sn55.23:8.7 Some instigation of a legal proceeding might come up. The Buddha might take one side, and the Saṅgha of monks and the Saṅgha of nuns the other. …
sn55.23:8.10 The Buddha might take one side, and the Saṅgha of monks and the Saṅgha of nuns and the laymen the other. …
sn55.23:8.13 The Buddha might take one side, and the Saṅgha of monks and the Saṅgha of nuns and the laymen and the laywomen the other. …
sn55.23:8.16 The Buddha might take one side, and the Saṅgha of monks and the Saṅgha of nuns and the laymen and the laywomen and the world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—the other.
sn55.23:8.17 I’d side with the Buddha.
sn55.23:8.18 May the Buddha remember me as having such confidence.”
sn55.23:8.19 “Godhā, what do you have to say to Mahānāma when he speaks like this?”
sn55.23:8.20 “Sir, I have nothing to say to Mahānāma when he speaks like this, except what is good and wholesome.”