Kevaṭṭasutta

dn11:1.1 So I have heard.

dn11:1.2 At one time the Buddha was staying near Nāḷandā in Pāvārika’s Mango Grove.

dn11:1.3 Then the householder Kevaḍḍha went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,

dn11:1.4 “Sir, this Nāḷandā is successful and prosperous, populous and full of people.

dn11:1.5 Please direct a mendicant to perform a superhuman demonstration of psychic power.

dn11:1.6 Then Nāḷandā will become even more devoted to the Buddha!”

dn11:1.7 When he said this, the Buddha said,

dn11:1.8 “Kevaḍḍha, I do not teach Dhamma to the mendicants like this:

dn11:1.9 ‘Come now, mendicants, perform a superhuman demonstration of psychic power for the white-clothed laypeople.’”