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29.
"Sariputta, there are these eight assemblies. What
are the eight? An assembly of nobles, an assembly of brahmans, an assembly of
householders, an assembly of recluses, an assembly of gods of the heaven of the
Four Great Kings, an assembly of gods of the heaven of the Thirty-three, an
assembly of Mara's retinue, an assembly of Brahmas. Possessing these four kinds
of intrepidity, the Tathagata approaches and enters these eight assemblies.
30.
"I recall having approached many hundred assemblies of nobles... many
hundred assemblies of brahmans... many hundred assemblies of householders...
many hundred assemblies of recluses... many hundred assemblies of gods of the
heaven of the Four Great Kings... many hundred assemblies of gods of the heaven
of the Thirty-three... many hundred assemblies of Mara's retinue... many
hundred assemblies of Brahmas. And formerly I had sat with them there and
talked with them and held conversations with them, yet I see no ground for
thinking that fear or timidity might come upon me there. And seeing no ground
for that, I abide in safety, fearlessness and intrepidity.[*p.73]
31.
"Sariputta, when I know and see thus, should anyone say of me... he will
wind up in hell.
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