Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2933

v1.c12.2933

On one occasion the retreat lasted a fortnight, and on his return he found that a large number of monks had committed suicide as a result of a sermon he had preached to them before his retreat on the unloveliness of the body. He then caused the monks to be assembled, and asked them to concentrate on breathing.²² Sometimes the Buddha would walk from the Kūṭāgārasālā to places of interest in the neighbourhood—e.g., the Sārandada-cetiya²³ and the Cāpāla-cetiya.²⁴ It was from the Cāpāla-cetiya, during one of these walks, that he gazed for the last time on Vesāli. He then returned to the Kūṭāgārasālā, where he announced that his death would take place within three months.²⁵