Mahâ-Parinibbâna-Suttanta: The Book of the Great Decease

[1. As will be observed from the similar passages that follow, there is a regular sequence of clauses in the set descriptions of the Buddha's movements. The last clause should specify the particular grove or house where the Blessed One stayed; but it is also (in this and one or two other cases) inserted with due regularity even when it adds nothing positive to the sense.] p. 24 'BY not seeing the four Noble Truths as they really are, Long is the path that is traversed through many a birth; When these are grasped, the cause of birth is then removed, The root of sorrow rooted out, and there is no more birth.' ------------------------ 4. There too, while staying at Kotigâma, the Blessed One held that comprehensive religious discourse with the brethren on the nature of upright conduct, and of earnest contemplation, and of intelligence. 'Great is the fruit, great the advantage of earnest contemplation when set round with upright conduct. Great is the fruit, great the advantage of intellect when set round with earnest contemplation. The mind set round with intelligence is freed from the great evils,--that is to say, from sensuality, from individuality, from delusion, and from ignorance.' ------------------------ 5. Now When the Blessed One had remained as long as was convenient at Kotigâma, he addressed the venerable Ânanda, and said: 'Come, Ânanda, let us go on to the villages of Nâdika.'