At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, the senior monks were taking turns instructing the nuns. Then, on one occasion, it was Venerable Cūḷapanthaka’s turn. The nuns said, “Today the instruction won’t be effective. Venerable Cūḷapanthaka will just be repeating the same thing over and over.” Soon afterwards those nuns went to Cūḷapanthaka, bowed, and sat down. Cūḷapanthaka then said to them, “Are you all here, sisters?” “We’re all here, venerable.” “Are you keeping the eight important principles?” “We are.” After saying, “This is the instruction,” he uttered the same heartfelt exclamation again and again: “For the heedful one possessed of the higher mind, For the sage training on the path to sagacity—There are no sorrows for such a one, The peaceful one, who is always mindful.”