I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying in Upavattana, the Mallan sal grove near Kusinarā. [1] And on that occasion, not far from the Blessed One, many monks were staying in wilderness huts: high-strung, rowdy, flighty, talkative, of loose words & muddled mindfulness, unalert, unconcentrated, their minds scattered, their faculties left wide open.
The Blessed One saw those many monks staying in wilderness huts: high-strung, rowdy, flighty, talkative, of loose words & muddled mindfulness, unalert, unconcentrated, their minds scattered, their faculties left wide open.
Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed:
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- This is the location where the Buddha later was totally unbound.
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