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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Linked Discourses

Vol 1:
Verses
SN1-11
Vol 2:
Causation
SN12-21
Vol 3:
Aggregates
SN22-34
Vol 4:
Sense Bases
SN35-44
Vol 5:
Great Book
SN45-56

2. Devaputtasaṁyutta: On Gods

I. The First Chapter — SN2.1: With Kassapa (1st)

1So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

Then, late at night, the glorious god Kassapa, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him: “The Buddha has revealed the mendicant, but not his instructions to a mendicant.”


“Well then, Kassapa, clarify this matter yourself.”

2“They should train in following good advice,
in attending closely to ascetics,
in sitting alone in hidden places,
and in calming the mind.”

3That’s what the god Kassapa said, and the teacher approved. Then Kassapa, knowing that the teacher approved, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there.

1Evaṁ me sutaṁ — ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

Atha kho kassapo devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kassapo devaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "bhikkhuṁ bhagavā pakāsesi, no ca bhikkhuno anusāsan"ti.


"Tena hi, kassapa, taññevettha paṭibhātū"ti.

2"Subhāsitassa sikkhetha,
samaṇūpāsanassa ca;
Ekāsanassa ca raho,
cittavūpasamassa cā"ti.

3Idamavoca kassapo devaputto; samanuñño satthā ahosi. Atha kho kassapo devaputto "samanuñño me satthā"ti bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.