The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Fifth Chapter for Recitation
“This venerable Ānanda, reverend Sir, after entering the living place,
and leaning against the door-lintel, stands there crying: ‘The Teacher
will attain Final Emancipation while I am still a Trainee with much to
do, he who has compassion for me!’ ”
Then the Gracious One addressed a certain monk, (saying): “Go, monk,
and in my name address Ānanda, (saying): ‘The Teacher, friend
Ānanda, is calling you.’ ”
“Very well, reverend Sir, and after replying to the Gracious One, he
approached venerable Ānanda, and after approaching he said this to
venerable Ānanda: “The Teacher, friend Ānanda, is calling you.”
“Very well, friend,” said venerable Ānanda, and after replying to that
monk, he approached the Gracious One, and after approaching and
worshipping the Gracious One, he sat down on one side. While sitting
on one side the Gracious One said this to venerable Ānanda:
“Enough, Ānanda, don't grieve, don't lament, were you not warned by
me when I declared: ‘There is alteration in, separation from, and
changeability in all that is dear and appealing.’ How can it be
otherwise, Ānanda, for that which is obtained, born, become,
conditioned, subject to dissolution? It is not possible (to say) this: ‘The
Realised One’s body should not dissolve’.
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