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Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.34

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.34

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Pāli

3.34.1

Ekamidāhaṃ, ānanda, samayaṃ uruvelāyaṃ viharāmi najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho.

Ānanda, this one time, when I was first awakened, I was staying in Uruvelā at the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.34.2

Atha kho, ānanda, māro pāpimā yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho, ānanda, māro pāpimā maṃ etadavoca:

Then Māra the wicked approached me, stood to one side, and said:

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.34.3

‘parinibbātu dāni, bhante, bhagavā; parinibbātu sugato, parinibbānakālo dāni, bhante, bhagavato’ti.

‘Sir, may the Blessed One now be fully extinguished! May the Holy One now be fully extinguished! Now is the time for the full extinguishment of the Buddha.’

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

3.34.4

Evaṃ vutte, ahaṃ, ānanda, māraṃ pāpimantaṃ etadavocaṃ:

When he had spoken, I said to Māra:

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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