The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Third Chapter for Recitation
flutters, and shakes. This is the seventh reason, the seventh cause
for the occurrence of a great earthquake.
8) Furthermore, Ānanda, when the Realised One is Finally
Emancipated in the Emancipation-element which has no basis for
attachment remaining, this Earth moves, wavers, flutters, and
shakes. This is the eighth reason, the eighth cause for the
occurrence of a great earthquake. These are the eight reasons, the
eight causes, Ānanda, for the occurrence of a great earthquake.
[20: The Eight Assemblies]
There are, Ānanda, eight assemblies.
Which eight?
The assembly of Nobles, the assembly of brahmins, the assembly of
householders, the assembly of ascetics, the assembly of the Four Great
Kings, the assembly of the Tāvatiṁsa (Divinities), the assembly of
Māra, the assembly of the Brahmā Divinities. 87
1) I know, Ānanda, after approaching countless hundreds of
assemblies of Nobles, that there, before settling down, before
87 There appears to be a correlation between these two sets of four assemblies:
Nobles on Earth, Kings in Heaven; brahmins on Earth, Divinities in
Heaven; householders on Earth, the sensual gods in Heaven; ascetics on
Earth, Brahmā Divinities in Heaven.
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