The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Fifth Chapter for Recitation
within proximity. Then at the last moment the Gracious One dismisses
venerable Upavāṇa, (saying): ‘Depart, monk, do not stand in front of
me.’ What was the reason, what was the cause, for the Gracious One
dismissing venerable Upavāṇa, (saying): ‘Depart, monk, do not stand in
front of me’?”
Then venerable Ānanda said this to the Gracious One: “This venerable
Upavāṇa has been the Gracious One's attendant for a long time, living
near to him, within proximity. Then at the last moment the Gracious
One dismisses venerable Upavāṇa, (saying): ‘Depart, monk, do not
stand in front of me.’ What is the reason, reverend Sir, what is the
cause, for the Gracious One dismissing venerable Upavāṇa, (saying):
‘Depart, monk, do not stand in front of me’?”
“Almost all of the Divinities, 140 Ānanda, from the ten worldelements
141 have assembled to see the Realised One, everywhere
around Kusinārā and the Mallas' Sal Wood at Upavattana for as far as
twelve leagues there is no place, even so much as a tip of a pricking
hair, unpervaded by powerful Divinities, and the Divinities, Ānanda,
are complaining, (saying): ‘We have come from afar to see the
140 The Commentary explains that almost is said because beings without
perception (asaññasattā), and those in the formless worlds (arūpadevatā)
didn't come.
141 BJT adds sahassīsu, which would mean: from the ten thousand worldelements.
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