Ven. ṅnanda ṅnanda Sutta (AN 6:51)

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('â', How is this, venerable sirs? What is the meaning of this?â They make open for him what wasnât open, make plain what wasnât plain, dispel doubt on various doubtful points. "Itâs to this extent, friend Sṅriputta, that a monk hears Dhamma he has not heard, that the Dhammas he has heard do not get confused, that the Dhammas he has touched with his awareness stay current, and that he understands what (previously) was not understood." "Itâs amazing, my friend. Itâs astounding, my friend, how well-said that was by friend ṅnanda. And we will remember friend ṅnanda as endowed with these six qualities: Friend ṅnanda has mastered the Dhamma: dialogues, narratives of mixed prose and verse, explanations, verses, spontaneous exclamations, quotations, birth stories, amazing events, question & answer sessions. Friend ṅnanda teaches the Dhamma in detail—as he has heard it, as he has remembered it—to others. Friend ṅnanda gets others to recite the Dhamma in detail—as they have heard it, as they have remembered it. Friend ṅnanda holds a group chanting of the Dhamma in detail—as he has heard it, as he has remembered it. Friend ṅnanda thinks about & evaluates the Dhamma as he has heard it, as he has remembered it; he contemplates it with his intellect. Friend ṅnanda enters the Rains in monasteries in which there are senior monks who are learned, who know the tradition, who are holders of the Dhamma, the Vinaya, & the Mṅtikṅ. Having approached them periodically, he questions them & quizzes them: ),

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('â', How is this, venerable sirs? What is the meaning of this?â They make open for friend ṅnanda what wasnât open, make plain what wasnât plain, dispel doubt on various doubtful points." See also: MN 146; AN 2:46; AN 5:79; AN 5:170 - --> - - - -