The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Third Chapter for Recitation
If you, Ānanda, had begged the Realised One twice the Realised One
might have rejected your speech, but would have accepted it on the
third occasion. So, Ānanda, there is this wrong-doing for you, there is
this fault for you.
[25: Ānanda's Fault at Vesālī]
At one time, Ānanda, I was living right here near Vesālī, in the Udena
Shrine, I was living right here near Vesālī, in the Gotamaka Shrine, I
was living right here near Vesālī, in the Seven Mangos Shrine, I was
living right here near Vesālī, in the Many Sons Shrine, I was living
right here near Vesālī, in the Sārandada Shrine, and here today,
Ānanda, at the Cāpāla Shrine I addressed you, (saying):
‘Delightful, Ānanda, is Vesālī, delightful is the Udena Shrine,
delightful is the Gotamaka Shrine, delightful is the Seven Mangos
Shrine, delightful is the Many Sons Shrine, delightful is the Sārandada
Shrine, delightful is the Cāpāla Shrine.
Whoever has developed, Ānanda, made much of, carried on,
established, maintained, augmented, and properly instigated the Four
Paths to Power, could, if he wanted, remain for the lifespan or for
what is left of the lifespan. The Realised One has developed, Ānanda,
made much of, carried on, established, maintained, augmented, and
properly instigated the Four Paths to Power. If he wanted, Ānanda, the
Realised One could remain for the lifespan or for what is left of the
lifespan.’
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