the individual with wisdom on their lap is better than that, it’s said; but even if they frequently go into the mendicants’ presence,

such a person can only learn the beginning, middle, and end while sitting in that seat; but they’ve only grasped the phrasing, for when they rise their understanding fails, and what they’ve learned is lost.

The person with widespread wisdom is better than that, it’s said; and if they, too, frequently go into the mendicants’ presence,

one such can learn the beginning, middle, and end while sitting in that seat; and when they’ve grasped the phrasing,

they remember it with the best of intentions. That peaceful-hearted man, practicing in line with the teaching, would make an end of suffering.”

Numbered Discourses 3.31 4. Messengers of the Gods With Divinity