ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 35.22

35.22

But when the time has come to tame
Their offspring, buddhas never fail.

The Blessed One saw the time had come to tame the brahmins of Śrāvastī, so he traveled through the sky to the sacrifice site, surrounded by a group of monks and preceded by the saṅgha of monks, where he took his place amid the saṅgha of monks. The brahmins immediately experienced a surge of joy toward the Blessed One, and in their joy sat before him to listen to the Dharma.

The Blessed One said to the brahmins, “Friends, as a root cause, quarreling becomes the basis for five types of dire consequence, so what is the point of arguing?”

Then the Blessed One taught the Dharma particularly suited to them, taking as his point of departure the casting away of their particular attachments. Among the many hundreds of brahmins, some generated heat right where they sat. Some generated the peak, or generated the patience in accord with the truths, or generated the highest worldly dharma, or generated the attainment of seeing. Some manifested the resultant state of stream entry. Some manifested the resultant state of once-return. Some manifested the resultant state of non-return. Some went forth and manifested arhatship. Some sowed the seeds to become universal monarchs, some to become great universal monarchs, some to become Indra, some to become Brahmā, some for the enlightenment of the listeners, some for the enlightenment of the solitary buddhas, and some for unexcelled, total, and complete enlightenment. Among the assembled, most found themselves drawn to the Buddha, intent on the Dharma, and favoring the Saṅgha.