MigasÄlÄ Sutta
Ä€nanda visits MigasÄlÄ in her home and is questioned as to why both PÅ«raṇa and Isidatta, the former of whom was a celibate (brahmacÄrÄ«) and the latter not, should both have been born in Tusita, as Once-Returners. Ä€nanda offers no explanation, but consults the Buddha, who declares that MigasÄlÄ is but a foolish, frail, motherly body with none but mother wit; how, then, could she understand the diversity in the person of man? (purisa-puggala-paropariya-ñÄṇa). The Buddha then goes on to divide men into six classes according to their capabilities and attainments. It is not possible for anyone, save a TathÄgata, to measure persons. A.iii.347ff.; v. 137ff.
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