འཕགས་པ་ཁྱའ་བཞའ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.3
The Four Boys’ Absorption intro.3
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The sūtra begins with Ānanda relating a disturbing and portentous dream, which the Buddha confirms as signifying that his parinirvāṇa is indeed imminent. Tremendous lamentation and grieving ensues, not just among the humans present but also among the gods, nāgas, and other beings, who depart their various abodes to converge on the grove and see the Buddha for one last time.