The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Third Chapter for Recitation
But despite such a gross hint, Ānanda, being made by the Realised
One, such a gross suggestion being made, you were unable to penetrate
it, and did not beg the Realised One, (saying):
‘May the Gracious One remain, reverend Sir, for the lifespan; may the
Fortunate One remain for the lifespan, for the benefit of many people,
for the happiness of many people, out of compassion for the world, for
the welfare, benefit, and happiness of Divinities and men.’
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.
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Were you not warned by me when I declared: ‘There is alteration in,
separation from, and changeability in all that is dear and appealing’? 102
How can it be otherwise, Ānanda, for that which is obtained, born,
become, conditioned, subject to dissolution? It is not possible (to say)
this: ‘It should not dissolve’. But this has been relinquished, cast out, let
loose, abandoned by the Realised One, forsaken, the life-process that
has been given up. For sure this word was spoken by the Realised One:
102 As far as I can see outside of this context this warning only appears in two
other places, once towards the end of the Mahāsuddasanasuttaṁ (DN 17),
and also in the Abhiṇhapaccavekkhitabbaṭhānasuttaṁ (AN Bk 5.57).
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