Mahā Padesasutta untranslated

Mahā Padesasutta. Preached at the Ānanda cetiya in Bhoganagara. The Buddha tells the monks of the four mahāpadesā to be respected by them. If a monks says he has a certain teaching direct from the Buddha himself, his statement should be compared with the rest of the Vinaya and Dhamma; if these do not agree, it should be rejected; if they do, accepted.

The same applies to that which is said to have been learnt from a group of monks led by a Thera, from a body of senior monks residing in a certain place, or from a single senior monk, proficient in the Dhamma, the Vinaya, and the Mātikā. AN.ii.167ff.; the Sutta is incorporated in the Mahā Parinibbānasutta (DN.ii.123ff).