Kumārakassapattheravatthu

[217] Navame cittakathikānanti vicittaṃ katvā dhammaṃ kathentānaṃ. Thero hi ekassapi dvinnaṃpi dhammaṃ kathento bahūhi upamāhi ca kāraṇehi ca maṇḍayitvā bodhento kathesi. Tasmā cittakathikānaṃ aggo nāma jāto.

Tassa pañhākamme ayamanupubbikathā:- ayaṃ hi padumuttarabuddhakāle haṃsavatīnagare kulagehe paṭisandhiṃ gahetvā vayappatto dasabalassa dhammakathaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ cittakathikānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā adhikārakammaṃ katvā taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ paṭṭhetvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto kassapabuddhassa sāsane osakkanakāle sattannaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ abbhantaro hutvā pabbatamatthake samaṇadhammaṃ katvā aparihīnasīlo tato cuto devaloke nibbattitvā ekaṃ buddhantaraṃ sampattiṃ anubhavamāno amhākaṃ satthukāle rājagahe ekissā kuladārikāya kucchimhi uppanno. Sā ca paṭhamaṃ mātāpitaro yācitvā pabbajjaṃ alabhamānā kulagharaṃ gatā gabbhaṃ gaṇhi. Taṃpi ajānantī sāmikaṃ ārocetvā tena anuññātā bhikkhunīsu pabbaji. Tassā gabbhanimittaṃ disvā