“The foremost of my laywomen in first going for refuge is Sujātā the general’s daughter. … as a donor is Visākhā, Migāra’s mother. … who are very learned is Khujjuttarā. … who dwell in love is Sāmāvatī. … who practice absorption is Uttarā, Nanda’s mother. … who give fine things is Suppavāsā the Koliyan. … who care for the sick is the laywoman Suppiyā. … who have experiential confidence is Kātiyānī. … who are intimate is the householder Nakula’s mother. … whose confidence is based on oral transmission is the laywoman Kāḷī of Kuraraghara.”
Numbered Discourses 1.268–277 Chapter One
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“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to take any condition as permanent. That is not possible. But it is possible for an ordinary person to take some condition as permanent. That is possible.” 269 “It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to take any condition as pleasant. But it is possible for an ordinary person to take some condition as pleasant.” 270