Preached at Jetavana. Der Buddha explains to the assembled Mönche the sechs "sixes" - z.B., the sechs internal senses (hearing etc.), the sechs external sense-objects (form etc.), the sechs groups of perceptions (sight und forms, hearing und sounds, etc.), und the sechs groups of cravings (M.iii.280ff).
The Kommentar (MA.ii.1024f) says that, apart from the sixty Mönche who wurde arahants when der Buddha first preached the sutta, on each occasion of its preaching, by the Chief Disciples und by the eighty chief Schüler, a like number attained arahantship. In Ceylon, Maliyadeva Thera preached it at sixty different places, und each time sixty Mönche wurde arahants. Once, when Tipitaka-Cūlanāga preached it at the Ambilahālavihāra, one tausend Mönche attained to arahantship (MA.ii.1025).