1. Subha Sutta. Subha Todeyyaputta visits the Buddha at Sāvatthi
and asks him various questions regarding the Dhamma, comparing
it with the teachings of the brahmins regarding ultimate
salvation. He admits that no one among the brahmins or the early
sages had fully discerned and realized the qualities laid down
by them for the attainment of merit and the achievement of
right. He quotes Pokkharasāti as saying that those who, like
Gotama, profess to transcend ordinary human beings and rise to
the heights of Ariyan knowledge are idle boasters. The Buddha
retorts that Pokkharasāti cannot even read the thoughts of his
slave girl, Punnikā. The Buddha then convinces Subha that he has
discovered the way to union with Brahmā, and, at his request,
teaches him this way, as being the four Brahma-vihāras. Subha
acknowledges himself the Buddha’s follower. (M.99). 2. Subha
Sutta. A conversation between Subha Todeyyaputta and Ananda at
Sāvatthi soon after the Buddha's death. Subha asks Ananda what
were the bodies of doctrine