ing of hospitality, deserving of offerings, deserving of respect, the incomparable field of merit for the world.â "He/she is endowed with virtues that are appealing to the noble ones: untorn, unbroken, unspotted, unsplattered, liberating, praised by the observant, ungrasped at, leading to concentration. "Suppose a tree were leaning toward the east, slanting toward the east, inclining toward the east. When its root is cut, which way would it fall?" "In whichever way it was leaning, slanting, and inclining, lord." "In the same way, Mahṅnṅma, a disciple of the noble ones, when endowed with four qualities, leans toward unbinding, slants toward unbinding, inclines toward unbinding." - --> - - - -