A god named Kassapa comes at night to see the Buddha at the Jetavana in Sāvatthī and says: “The World-honoured One has explained what a monastic is, but has not given the instruction for monastics,” and then speaks verses of his own. The later commentaries of the Southern tradition explain that this god, when the Buddha taught the Abhidhamma in the Heaven of the Thirty-three in the seventh year, heard only the explanation of the word “monastic” and not the instruction, and so spoke in this way. Pali Canon
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Different Accounts
This sutra is found at Saṃyutta Nikāya 2.1 of the Southern tradition, Saṃyukta Āgama 1317 and Bieyi za ahan jing 316; only the later commentaries of the Southern tradition connect it with the seventh year.
Dating
The sutra itself records no year; the later commentaries say the teaching this god heard was during the of the seventh year (the Buddha aged forty-one), but when the sutra itself was spoken is not stated; the year is uncertain.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
Recorded by two schools, the Pali canon of the Southern tradition and the Chinese Saṃyukta Āgama. Recorded by two schools.
- Dating Evidence and Precision
Commentarial dating (the canonical texts give no date; later commentaries record it). Time precision: year uncertain.
Sources
- Pali Canon巴利 SN 2.1:1.2
- 巴利註解書巴利註釋 SN-a，§82
- 大正藏大正藏 T02 no.99 p.361c
- 大正藏大正藏 T02 no.100 p.480a
- Pali Canon巴利 SN 2.1Entire text