The layperson to the sage
- shows affection by deed
- affection by speech
- affection in mind
- keeps open house to them
- provides their temporal needs
The sage shows love to the layperson by
- restraining from evil
- exhorting to good
- having kindly thoughts toward him/her
- teaching what s/he has not heard
- correcting and purifying what s/he has heard
- revealing the way to heaven
~ Sigala Sutta DN31.33
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