Mahāpuṇṇamasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Majjhimanikāya · Vol. 14 · Section 120

[120] Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī, in the Eastern Park (Pubbārāma), in the mansion of Migāra's mother. Now on that occasion — it being the Uposatha day, the fifteenth, on a full-moon night with the moon at the full — the Blessed One was seated in the open air, surrounded by the Saṅgha of bhikkhus. Then a certain bhikkhu rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, and, raising his joined palms in reverence toward the Blessed One, said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, I would ask the Blessed One about a certain point, if the Blessed One would grant me the opportunity to answer the question." "Then, bhikkhu, sit down on your own seat and ask whatever you wish."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.