sn16.2:1.1 So I have heard.
sn16.2:1.2 At one time Venerable Mahākassapa and Venerable Sāriputta were staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana.
sn16.2:1.3 Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Sāriputta came out of retreat, went to Venerable Mahākassapa, and exchanged greetings with him.
sn16.2:1.4 When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Mahākassapa:
sn16.2:1.5 “Reverend Kassapa, it’s said that without being keen and prudent you can’t achieve awakening, extinguishment, and the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.
sn16.2:1.6 But if you are keen and prudent you can achieve awakening, extinguishment, and the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.