sn10.8:1.1 At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Cool Grove.
sn10.8:1.2 Now at that time the householder Anāthapiṇḍika had arrived at Rājagaha on some business.
sn10.8:1.3 He heard
sn10.8:1.4 a rumor that a Buddha had arisen in the world.
sn10.8:1.5 Right away he wanted to go and see the Buddha, but he thought,
sn10.8:1.6 “It’s too late to go and see the Buddha today.
sn10.8:1.7 I’ll go and see him tomorrow.” He went to bed thinking of the Buddha.
sn10.8:1.8 During the night he got up three times thinking it was sunup.
sn10.8:1.9 Then he approached the Sivaka Gate,
sn10.8:1.10 and non-human beings opened it for him.
sn10.8:1.11 But as he was leaving the city, light vanished and darkness appeared to him. He felt fear, terror, and goosebumps, and wanted to turn back.
sn10.8:1.12 Then the invisible spirit Sivaka called out: