sn15.13:1.1 Near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove.
sn15.13:1.2 Then thirty mendicants from Pāvā went to the Buddha. All of them lived in the wilderness, ate only almsfood, wore rag robes, and owned just three robes; yet they all still had fetters. They bowed to the Buddha and sat down to one side.
sn15.13:1.3 Then it occurred to the Buddha,
sn15.13:1.4 “These thirty mendicants from Pāvā live in the wilderness, eat only almsfood, wear rag robes, and own just three robes; yet they all still have fetters.
sn15.13:1.5 Why don’t I teach them the Dhamma in such a way that their minds are freed from defilements by not grasping while sitting in this very seat?”
sn15.13:1.6 Then the Buddha said to the mendicants,
sn15.13:1.7 “Mendicants!”
sn15.13:1.8 “Venerable sir,” they replied.
sn15.13:1.9 The Buddha said this: