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Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 4.25

Mahāparinibbānasutta 4.25

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Pāli

4.25.1

Atha kho āyasmato ānandassa etadahosi:

Then Ānanda thought,

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

4.25.2

“acchariyaṃ vata bho, abbhutaṃ vata bho, tathāgatassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.

“Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing! The Realized One has such psychic power and might!

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

4.25.3

Ayañhi sā nadikā cakkacchinnā parittā luḷitā āvilā sandamānā mayi upasaṅkamante acchā vippasannā anāvilā sandatī”ti.

For though the shallow water in that creek had been churned up by wheels, and flowed cloudy and murky, when I approached it flowed transparent, clear, and unclouded.”

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

4.25.4

Pattena pānīyaṃ ādāya yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

Gathering a bowl of drinking water he went back to the Buddha, and said to him,

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

4.25.5

“acchariyaṃ, bhante, abbhutaṃ, bhante, tathāgatassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.

“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing! The Realized One has such psychic power and might!

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

4.25.6

Idāni sā bhante nadikā cakkacchinnā parittā luḷitā āvilā sandamānā mayi upasaṅkamante acchā vippasannā anāvilā sandittha.

Just now, though the shallow water in that creek had been churned up by wheels, and flowed cloudy and murky, when I approached it flowed transparent, clear, and unclouded.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

4.25.7

Pivatu bhagavā pānīyaṃ pivatu sugato pānīyan”ti.

Drink the water, Blessed One! Drink the water, Holy One!”

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

4.25.8

Atha kho bhagavā pānīyaṃ apāyi.

So the Buddha drank the water.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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