ABSTRACT

And the Exalted One called a certain brother, and said: "Go now, brother, and call Ananda in my name, and say, ' Brother Ananda, the Master calls for thee.' "

" Even so, lord," said the brother, in assent, to the Exalted One. And he went up to the place where the venerable Ananda was, and when he had come there, he said to the venerable Ananda : " Brother Ananda, the Master calls for thee." "Very well, brother," said the venerable Ananda, in assent, to that brother. And he went up to the place where the Exalted One was, and when he had come there, he bow~d down before the Exalted One. and took his seat respectfully on one side.