# Mahākassapa
> [!success] Enlightenment story of Mahākassapa! (Including Buddha's Teachings!) — In Cīvarasutta ([SN16.11](https://suttacentral.net/sn16.11/en/sujato))
> The Buddha said to me,
> _Evaṁ vutte, maṁ, āvuso, bhagavā etadavoca:_
>
> ‘Kassapa, if anyone was to say to such a wholehearted disciple that they know when they don’t know, or that they see when they don’t see, their head would explode.
> _‘yo kho, kassapa, evaṁ sabbacetasā samannāgataṁ sāvakaṁ ajānaññeva vadeyya jānāmīti, apassaññeva vadeyya passāmīti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyya._
>
> But Kassapa, when I say that I know and see **I really do know and see**.
> _Ahaṁ kho pana, kassapa, jānaññeva vadāmi **jānāmīti**, passaññeva vadāmi **passāmīti**._
>
> ---
> **(1)** So you should **train like this**:
> _Tasmātiha te, kassapa, evaṁ **sikkhitabbaṁ**:_
>
> **“I will set up a keen ==sense of conscience and prudence== for seniors, juniors, and those in the middle.**”
> _“tibbaṁ me **==hirottappaṁ==** paccupaṭṭhitaṁ bhavissati theresu navesu majjhimesū”ti._
>
> That’s how you should train.
> _Evañhi te, kassapa, sikkhitabbaṁ._
>
> ---
> **(2)** And you should train like this:
> _Tasmātiha te, kassapa, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:_
>
> **==“Whenever I hear a teaching connected with what’s skillful, I will pay attention, apply the mind, concentrate wholeheartedly, and actively listen to that teaching.”==**
> _“yaṁ kiñci dhammaṁ suṇissāmi kusalūpasaṁhitaṁ sabbaṁ taṁ aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi karitvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasoto dhammaṁ suṇissāmī”ti._
>
> That’s how you should train.
> _Evañhi te, kassapa, sikkhitabbaṁ._
>
> ---
> **(3)** And you should train like this:
> _Tasmātiha te, kassapa, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:_
>
> **==“I will never neglect mindfulness of the body that is full of pleasure.”==**
> _“**==sātasahagatā==** ca me **==kāyagatāsati==** na vijahissatī”ti._
>
> That’s how you should train.’
> _Evañhi te, kassapa, sikkhitabbanti’._
>
> ---
> And when the Buddha had given me this advice he got up from his seat and left.
> _Atha kho maṁ, āvuso, bhagavā iminā ovādena ovaditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi._
>
> For seven days I ate the nation’s almsfood as a debtor. On the **==eighth day I was enlightened==**.
> _Sattāhameva khvāhaṁ, āvuso, saraṇo raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ bhuñjiṁ aṭṭhamiyā aññā udapādi._
## Suttas
- SN16 Kassapasaṁyutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn16/en/sujato))