{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an8.69/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an8.69","id":"suttacentral_an8.69","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.69/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these eight assemblies. What eight? The assemblies of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and ascetics. An assembly of the gods of the four great kings. An assembly of the gods of the thirty-three. An assembly of M\u0101ras. An assembly of divinities. I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of aristocrats. There I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion. And my appearance and voice became just like theirs. I educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk. But when I spoke they didn\u2019t know: \u2018Who is this that speaks? Is it a god or a human?\u2019 And when my Dhamma talk was finished I vanished. But when I vanished they didn\u2019t know: \u2018Who was that who vanished? Was it a god or a human?\u2019 I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of brahmins \u2026 householders \u2026 ascetics \u2026 the gods of the four great kings \u2026 the gods of the thirty-three \u2026 M\u0101ras \u2026 divinities. There too I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion. And my appearance and voice became just like theirs. I educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk. But when I spoke they didn\u2019t know: \u2018Who is this that speaks? Is it a god or a human?\u2019 And when my Dhamma talk was finished I vanished. But when I vanished they didn\u2019t know: \u2018Who was that who vanished? Was it a god or a human?\u2019 These are the eight assemblies.\u201d","title":"Assemblies","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":250}