The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Third Chapter for Recitation
[24: Ānanda's Fault at Rājagaha]
At one time, Ānanda, I was living at Rājagaha 99 on the Vulture's Peak
Mountain, 100 I was living right there at Rājagaha near the Gotama
Banyan Tree, I was living right there at Rājagaha near the Thieves'
Precipice, I was living right there at Rājagaha on the side of the
Vebhāra (mountain) in the Seven Leaves Cave, 101 I was living right
there at Rājagaha on the side of the Isigili (mountain) on Black Rock, I
was living right there at Rājagaha in the Cool Wood, at the Snake
Tank Slope, I was living right there at Rājagaha in the (River) Tapodā
Monastery, I was living right there near Rājagaha, at Jīvaka's Mango
Wood, I was living right there near Rājagaha, in the Deer Park at (the
place called) Crushing Womb, in that place, Ānanda, I addressed you,
(saying):
99 Most editions write out the first section (Gijjakūṭe) in full, then the next
section (Gotamanigrodhe) as ellipsis, and the rest without ellipsis. When we
get to the repetition though, just below, it appears that it is summarising the
whole sequence at one go, which implies that the way I have edited it here
must be correct. The same applies to the Vesālī section below.
100 This is where this discourse began, but it does not appear to have been on
that occasion as there are many other places mentioned subsequently which
do not appear earlier, therefore it must be referring to a period more than
one year before the parinibbāna.
101 CPED: Sattapaṇṇī, m., the tree Alstonia Scholaris. This is a tree much used
in Ayurveda medicine for skin diseases and the like. Its leaves have seven
points to them, hence the name. It was here that the First Council was held
a few months after the parinibbāna.
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