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The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

An English translation of one of the longest discourses in the canon, detailing the last year of the Buddha’s life, and his final teachings (Mahāparinibbānasuttaṁ, DN 16)

An English translation of one of the longest discourses in the canon, detailing the last year of the Buddha’s life, and his final teachings (Mahāparinibbānasuttaṁ, DN 16)

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<strong>The</strong> Second Chapter for Recitation<br />

<strong>The</strong> layman Kāliṅga, Ānanda, through <strong>the</strong> complete destruction of <strong>the</strong><br />

five lower fetters has arisen spontaneously (in <strong>the</strong> Brahmā worlds), and<br />

will attain Final <strong>Emancipation</strong> <strong>the</strong>re, without returning from that<br />

world.<br />

<strong>The</strong> layman Nikaṭa, Ānanda, through <strong>the</strong> complete destruction of <strong>the</strong><br />

five lower fetters has arisen spontaneously (in <strong>the</strong> Brahmā worlds), and<br />

will attain Final <strong>Emancipation</strong> <strong>the</strong>re, without returning from that<br />

world.<br />

<strong>The</strong> layman Kaṭissaha, Ānanda, through <strong>the</strong> complete destruction of<br />

<strong>the</strong> five lower fetters has arisen spontaneously (in <strong>the</strong> Brahmā worlds),<br />

and will attain Final <strong>Emancipation</strong> <strong>the</strong>re, without returning from that<br />

world.<br />

<strong>The</strong> layman Tuṭṭha, Ānanda, through <strong>the</strong> complete destruction of <strong>the</strong><br />

five lower fetters has arisen spontaneously (in <strong>the</strong> Brahmā worlds), and<br />

will attain Final <strong>Emancipation</strong> <strong>the</strong>re, without returning from that<br />

world.<br />

<strong>The</strong> layman Santuṭṭha, Ānanda, through <strong>the</strong> complete destruction of<br />

<strong>the</strong> five lower fetters has arisen spontaneously (in <strong>the</strong> Brahmā worlds),<br />

and will attain Final <strong>Emancipation</strong> <strong>the</strong>re, without returning from that<br />

world.<br />

<strong>The</strong> layman Bhadda, Ānanda, through <strong>the</strong> complete destruction of <strong>the</strong><br />

five lower fetters has arisen spontaneously (in <strong>the</strong> Brahmā worlds), and<br />

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