Taught by Anuruddha Thera to Pañcakaṅga, the king’s carpenter, at Sāvatthi, on the conclusion of a meal given by him to the elder and three others. It explains the two kinds of emancipation of mind, the “boundless” and the “vast,” and the results of developing them, which produce birth among the Brilliant Gods.

Sabhiya-Kaccana, who was evidently one of Anuruddha’s companions on this occasion, asks him the reason for the difference in degree of the brilliance of the gods; he is answered to his satisfaction. M.iii.144-52.