AN 2.151

English translation by Bhikkhu Candana.

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AN II

Suttas 151-162

Santhāra Vagga “The Section on the Long-Awaited”

151. “Bhikkhus, there are these two ways of ‘spreading the welcome mat’ for the long-awaited. What two?

“Spreading the welcome mat for material or worldly things, and the spreading of the welcome mat for the long-awaited Dhamma that has finally arrived.

“Between these two, the spreading of the welcome mat for the long-awaited Dhamma that has finally arrived, is indeed the supreme.”