dn2:1.0 1. A Discussion With the King’s Ministers
dn2:1.1 So I have heard.
dn2:1.2 At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Mango Grove of Jīvaka Komārabhacca, together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants.
dn2:1.3 Now, at that time it was the sabbath—the Komudī full moon on the fifteenth day of the fourth month—and King Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, was sitting upstairs in the royal longhouse surrounded by his ministers.
dn2:1.4 Then Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, expressed this heartfelt sentiment,
dn2:1.5 “Oh, sirs, this moonlit night is so very delightful, so beautiful, so glorious, so lovely, so striking.
dn2:1.6 Now, what ascetic or brahmin might I pay homage to today, paying homage to whom my mind might find peace?”



