- Numbered Discourses 4.46Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.46
- 5. With Rohitassa5. Rohitassavagga
With Rohitassa (2nd)Dutiyarohitassasutta
Then, when the night had passed, the Buddha addressed the mendicants:Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi: “Tonight, the glorious godling Rohitassa, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, came to me, bowed, stood to one side, and said to me:“imaṁ, bhikkhave, rattiṁ rohitasso devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho, bhikkhave, rohitasso devaputto maṁ etadavoca: ‘Sir, is it possible to know or see or reach the end of the world by traveling to a place where there’s no being born, growing old, dying, passing away, or being reborn?’ …”‘yattha nu kho, bhante, na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, sakkā nu kho so, bhante, gamanena lokassa anto ñātuṁ vā daṭṭhuṁ vā pāpuṇituṁ vā’ti?