“Come, Ananda, let us go to the East Grove, to the terrace of the Mother of Migara, and stay there until the evening.”
So they went, and when he had finished his meditation he turned to the venerable Ananda:
“Come, Ananda, let us to the Old Bath and refresh our limbs.”
So they went. Then the beloved Ananda addressed the Perfected One thus:
“The hermitage of the Brahman Rammako, Master, is not far from here. It is pleasantly situated in peaceful solitude. Good were it if the Master should betake himself there.”
And the Blessed One signified by silence his assent. And there they found many monks in edifying discourse. And he waited till they were done, and cleared his throat and rapped at the knocker, and they opened the door, and the World-Honoured entered in and seated himself and incited and gladdened them all with great and high discourse.
So they got what they needed, for very wise was the beloved Ananda in dealing with the Master.
Amazing indeed were the experiences of those who followed the Lord, and not to be understood of those who have not stood face to face with Truth and Love unveiled and terrible in beauty, and terrible also in the loves they inspire. What can words avail?
And where he went the Awakened One strewed little precepts like flowers, easy for a child to remember yet each an upward spiral on the Way.
“If all knew the fruits of alms-giving as I, monks, know them, most surely they would not eat the last least mouthful without dividing it with another.”