sn4.23:1.1 So I have heard.
sn4.23:1.2 At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.
sn4.23:1.3 Now at that time Venerable Godhika was staying on the slopes of Isigili at the Black Rock.
sn4.23:1.4 Then Venerable Godhika, meditating diligent, keen, and resolute, experienced temporary freedom of heart.
sn4.23:1.5 But then he fell away from that temporary freedom of heart.
sn4.23:1.6 For a second …
sn4.23:1.8 third …
sn4.23:1.10 fourth …
sn4.23:1.12 fifth …
sn4.23:1.14 sixth time Godhika experienced temporary freedom of heart.
sn4.23:1.15 But for a sixth time he fell away from it.
sn4.23:1.16 For a seventh time Godhika, meditating diligent, keen, and resolute, experienced temporary freedom of heart.