The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Sixth Chapter for Recitation
Then venerable Anuruddha said this to the monks: “Enough, friends,
do not grieve, do not lament, were you not warned by the Gracious
One when he declared: ‘There is alteration in, separation from, and
changeability in all that is dear and appealing.’ How can it be
otherwise, friends, for that which is obtained, born, become, in process,
subject to dissolution? It is not possible (to say) this: ‘It should not
dissolve’. The Divinities, friends, are complaining.”
“But what beings and Divinities is the venerable Anuruddha thinking
of?”
“There are, friend Ānanda, Divinities in the sky, perceiving the Earth,
who, having dishevelled hair, are weeping, throwing up their arms,
falling down (as though) cut down, rolling backwards and forwards as
though with their feet cut off, crying: ‘Too quickly the Gracious One
has attained Final Emancipation, too quickly the Fortunate One has
attained Final Emancipation, too quickly the Visionary in the world
has disappeared!’
There are, friend Ānanda, Divinities on the Earth, perceiving the
Earth, who, having dishevelled hair, are weeping, throwing up their
arms, falling down (as though) cut down, rolling backwards and
forwards as though with their feet cut off, crying: ‘Too quickly the
Gracious One has attained Final Emancipation, too quickly the
Fortunate One has attained Final Emancipation, too quickly the
Visionary in the world has disappeared!’
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