Wanderer Sakuludāyīperson
1 discourse
The wanderer whose assembly marveled at how honored the Buddha was; the Buddha showed it was not ascetic competition but the graded teaching and the realized fruit (MN 77), walked him through the successive refinements of bliss up to the ceasing of perception and feeling (MN 79), and declared the four truths of the true brahmins, realized in his own insight (AN 4.185), with contentment, goodwill, right mindfulness, and right immersion as the Dhamma's primordial footprints (AN 4.30).
Discourses
Sakuludāyī marvels at the profound respect the Buddha receives. The Buddha explains this reverence stems not from strict asceticism—as some disciples are stricter than he is—but from his supreme virtue, exceptional knowledge, higher wisdom, mastery of the Four Noble Truths, and teachings leading to ultimate liberation.
PTS 2.1–2.21