Deity Candana

1 discourse
A young godling with a taste for the Dhamma: Candana carried the verses of 'One who has had a single auspicious night' from the heaven worlds to the elder Lomasakaṅgiya (MN 134), addressed the Buddha in verse (SN 2.15), and stood among the godlings Moggallāna taught on refuge and noble ethics (SN 40.11).

Discourses

MN 134 Lomasakaṅgiyabhaddekaratta sutta - Lomasakaṅgiya and A Single Auspicious Night

The deity Candana shares the verses of “One who has had a single auspicious night” with the venerable Lomasakaṅgiya. Lomasakaṅgiya then visits the Buddha, who delivers the full exposition on abandoning the past and future and discerning present phenomena.

PTS 3.199–3.201