Preached by the Buddha at Kálakáráma in Sáketa when he visited the city at the request of Cúla-Subhaddá (AA.ii.482f).
The Tathágata knows and comprehends whatsoever is seen, heard, comprised, attained, searched into, etc., in the whole world, but he is not subject to it (A.ii.24f).
This sutta is sometimes referred to as the Kálakáráma Sutta (E.g., ThagA.i.284). It is said that at the conclusion of the Kálakáráma Sutta the earth trembled, as though bearing witness to the Buddha's statement (DA.i.130-1).
It was this sutta which helped Mahárakkhita to convert the country of the Yonakas (Sp.i.67; Mhv.xii.39; Mbv.114; Dpv.viii.9).
The sutta was also preached by Kála Buddharakkhita at the Cetiyapabbata to a concourse of people, among whom King Tissa (probably Saddhá-Tissa) was also present. MA.i.470.
Kálaka(-bhikkhu) Sutta.-A discourse delivered by the Buddha (Kálakam bhikkhum árabbha - see Kálaka 4).
It deals with ten dispositions which if present in a monk prevent his being loved or respected, and from being apt to meditate or to lead an ascetic and lonely life, and with the ten opposite dispositions. A.v.164ff. On the name see A.v.176, n.7; also GS.v.110, n.1.