[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.993 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.993 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.993 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.993](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.993) From Gijjhakūṭa, near Rājagaha, the Buddha starts on his last journey. Just before his departure he is visited by Vassākāra, and the talk is of the Vajjians; the Buddha preaches to Vassākāra and the monks on the conditions that lead to prosperity. The Buddha proceeds with a large concourse of monks to Ambalaṭṭhikā and thence to Nālandā, where Sāriputta utters his lion-roar (sīhanāda) regarding his faith in the Buddha. The Buddha then goes to Pāṭaligāma, where he talks to the villagers on the evil consequences of immorality and the advantages of morality. He utters a prophecy regarding the future greatness of Pāṭaliputta and then, leaving by the Gotamadvāra, he crosses the river Ganges at Gotamatittha. He proceeds to Koṭigāma and thence to Nāṭika, where he gives to Ānanda the formula of the Dhammadāsa, whereby the rebirth of disciples could be ascertained. From Nāṭika he goes to Vesāli, staying in the park of the courtesan Ambapālī. The following day he accepts a meal from Ambapālī, refusing a similar offer from the Licchavis; Ambapālī makes a gift of her park to the Buddha and his monks. The Buddha journeys on to Beluva, where he spends the rainy season, his monks remaining in Vesāli. At Beluva he falls dangerously ill but, with great determination, fights against his sickness. He tells Ānanda that his mission is finished, that when he is dead the Order must maintain itself, taking the Dhamma alone as its refuge, and he concludes by propounding the four subjects of mindfulness.⁵⁸ The next day he begs in Vesāli and, with Ānanda, visits the Cāpāla-cetiya. There he gives to Ānanda the opportunity of asking him to live until the end of the kappa, but Ānanda fails to take the hint. Soon afterwards Māra visits the Buddha and obtains the assurance that the Buddha’s nibbāna will take place in three months. There is an earthquake, and, in answer to Ānanda’s questions, the Buddha explains to him the eight causes of earthquakes. This is followed by lists of the eight assemblies, the eight stages of mastery and the eight stages of release. The Buddha then repeats to Ānanda his conversation with Māra, and Ānanda now makes his request to the Buddha to prolong his life, but is told that it is now too late; several opportunities he has had, of which he has failed to avail himself. The monks are assembled in Vesāli, in the Service Hall, and the Buddha exhorts them to practise the doctrines he has taught, in order that the religious life may last long. He then announces his impending death. - [Previous: v1.c14.992](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.992) - [Next: v1.c14.994](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.994) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.993](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.993) · Pramāṇa