[356] "And how, Ānanda, do disciples treat the Teacher as a friend, not as an enemy? Here, Ānanda, the Teacher teaches the Dhamma to his disciples out of compassion, seeking their welfare, moved by sympathy: 'This is for your welfare; this is for your happiness.' His disciples listen well, lend ear, and apply their minds to final knowledge (aññā); and they do not turn aside and stray from the Teacher's instruction. Thus indeed, Ānanda, do disciples treat the Teacher as a friend, not as an enemy.
Therefore, Ānanda, treat me as a friend, do not treat me as an enemy; that will be for your welfare and happiness for a long time. I shall not deal with you, Ānanda, as a potter deals with raw, unbaked clay. Restraining you again and again, Ānanda, I shall speak; pressing you again and again, Ānanda, I shall speak. What is sound at the core will stand."
Thus spoke the Blessed One. Delighted, the venerable Ānanda rejoiced in the Blessed One's words.
The Mahāsuññata Sutta, the second, is finished.
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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.