# 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))