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Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.14

Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.14

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Pāli

5.14.1

“Evamāvuso”ti kho āyasmā ānando tassa bhikkhuno paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ bhagavā etadavoca:

“Yes, reverend,” Ānanda replied. He went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him:

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.14.2

“alaṃ, ānanda, mā soci mā paridevi, nanu etaṃ, ānanda, mayā paṭikacceva akkhātaṃ:

“Enough, Ānanda! Do not grieve, do not lament. Did I not prepare for this when I explained that

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.14.3

‘sabbeheva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo’;

we must be parted and separated from all we hold dear and beloved?

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.14.4

taṃ kutettha, ānanda, labbhā. Yaṃ taṃ jātaṃ bhūtaṃ saṅkhataṃ palokadhammaṃ, ‘taṃ vata tathāgatassāpi sarīraṃ mā palujjī’ti netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.

How could it possibly be so that what is born, created, conditioned, and liable to wear out should not wear out, even the Realized One’s body?

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.14.5

Dīgharattaṃ kho te, ānanda, tathāgato paccupaṭṭhito mettena kāyakammena hitena sukhena advayena appamāṇena, mettena vacīkammena hitena sukhena advayena appamāṇena, mettena manokammena hitena sukhena advayena appamāṇena.

For a long time, Ānanda, you’ve treated the Realized One with deeds of body, speech, and mind that are loving, beneficial, pleasant, undivided, and limitless.

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

5.14.6

Katapuññosi tvaṃ, ānanda, padhānamanuyuñja, khippaṃ hohisi anāsavo”ti.

You have done good deeds, Ānanda. Devote yourself to meditation, and you will soon be free of defilements.”

The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

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