SN 2.1 · With Kassapa (1st)
SN 2.1 · Paṭhamakassapasutta
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
Then, late at night, the glorious godling 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.”
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.
“Well then, Kassapa, clarify this matter yourself.”
“Tena hi, kassapa, taññevettha paṭibhātū”ti.
“You should all train <j>to learn well-spoken words,to attend closely to ascetics,to sit alone in hidden places,and to settle the mind.”
“Subhāsitassa sikkhetha,samaṇūpāsanassa ca;Ekāsanassa ca raho,cittavūpasamassa cā”ti.
That is what the godling Kassapa said, and the Teacher concurred. Then Kassapa, knowing that the Teacher concurred, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there.
Idamavoca kassapo devaputto; samanuñño satthā ahosi. Atha kho kassapo devaputto “samanuñño me satthā”ti bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.