Ajahn Brahm discusses sutta 39 in the Majjhima Nikaya: Maha-Assapura Sutta - The Greater Discourse at Assapura.
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"The Buddha encourages the mendicants to live up to their name, by actually practicing in a way that meets or exceeds the expectations people have for renunciants."- Sutta Central.
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