Dighanikaya 20.331_11

20.331_11

Bhagavā cintesi – ‘‘ime bhikkhū pakatiyāpi avissaṭṭhakammaṭṭhānā, laddhupāyassa pana bhikkhuno kilamanakāraṇaṃ nāma natthi. Gacchantā gacchantā ca vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā arahattaṃ patvā – ‘‘attanā attanā paṭiladdhaguṇaṃ ārocessāmā’ti mama santikaṃ āgamissanti. Etesu āgatesu dasasahassacakkavāḷe devatā ekacakkavāḷe sannipatissanti, mahāsamayo bhavissati, vivitte okāse mayā nisīdituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti. Tato vivitte okāse buddhāsanaṃ paññapetvā nisīdi.

The Blessed One thought: “Even ordinarily, these monks have not abandoned their meditation subjects, and for a monk who has obtained the method there is no cause for weariness. As they go along, having developed insight and attained arahantship, they will come into my presence, thinking: ‘We will announce the virtue attained by each of us.’ When they have arrived, the devatās in ten thousand world systems will assemble in a single world system; there will be a Great Assembly. It is proper for me to sit in a secluded place.” Then, having arranged a Buddha-seat in a secluded place, he sat down.