Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 6.11

6.11.1

Atha kho āyasmā anuruddho bhikkhū āmantesi:

Then Anuruddha addressed the mendicants:

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“alaṃ, āvuso, mā socittha mā paridevittha.

“Enough, reverends, do not grieve or lament.

6.11.3

Nanu etaṃ, āvuso, bhagavatā paṭikacceva akkhātaṃ:

Did the Buddha not prepare us for this when he explained that

6.11.4

‘sabbeheva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo’.

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

6.11.5

Taṃ kutettha, āvuso, labbhā. ‘Yaṃ taṃ jātaṃ bhūtaṃ saṅkhataṃ palokadhammaṃ, taṃ vata 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?

6.11.6

Devatā, āvuso, ujjhāyantī”ti.

The deities are complaining.”

6.11.7

“Kathaṃbhūtā pana, bhante, āyasmā anuruddho devatā manasi karotī”ti?

“But sir, what kind of deities are you thinking of?”

6.11.8

“Santāvuso ānanda, devatā ākāse pathavīsaññiniyo kese pakiriya kandanti, bāhā paggayha kandanti, chinnapātaṃ papatanti, āvaṭṭanti, vivaṭṭanti:

“There are, Ānanda, deities—both in space and on the earth—who are aware of the earth. With hair disheveled and arms raised, they fall down like their feet were chopped off, rolling back and forth, lamenting:

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‘atikhippaṃ bhagavā parinibbuto, atikhippaṃ sugato parinibbuto, atikhippaṃ cakkhuṃ loke antarahito’ti.

‘Too soon the Blessed One has become fully quenched! Too soon the Holy One has become fully quenched! Too soon the Eye of the World has vanished!’

6.11.10

Santāvuso ānanda, devatā pathaviyā pathavīsaññiniyo kese pakiriya kandanti, bāhā paggayha kandanti, chinnapātaṃ papatanti, āvaṭṭanti, vivaṭṭanti:

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‘atikhippaṃ bhagavā parinibbuto, atikhippaṃ sugato parinibbuto, atikhippaṃ cakkhuṃ loke antarahito’ti.

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Yā pana tā devatā vītarāgā, tā satā sampajānā adhivāsenti:

But the deities who are free of desire endure, mindful and aware, thinking:

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‘aniccā saṅkhārā, taṃ kutettha labbhā’”ti.

‘Conditions are impermanent. How could it possibly be otherwise?’”

6.11.14

Atha kho āyasmā ca anuruddho āyasmā ca ānando taṃ rattāvasesaṃ dhammiyā kathāya vītināmesuṃ.

Ānanda and Anuruddha spent the rest of the night talking about Dhamma.