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Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 3.47.7

Mahāparinibbānasutta 3.47.7

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Pāli

3.47.7

Sace tvaṃ, ānanda, tathāgataṃ yāceyyāsi, dveva te vācā tathāgato paṭikkhipeyya, atha tatiyakaṃ adhivāseyya.

If you had begged me, I would have turned you down twice, but consented on the third time.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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