SA 1076（一〇七六） 陀骠

Thus have I heard:

At one time the Buddha was staying at the Kalandaka Bamboo Grove in Rājagṛha.

At that time, Venerable Dīghanakha went to where the Buddha was, bowed his head at the Buddha's feet, stepped back to one side, and said to the Buddha, "World-Honored One! I wish to attain parinirvāṇa in front of the Buddha."

The World-Honored One remained silent. He asked this three times, and the Buddha told Dīghanakha, "This is the way of conditioned phenomena.

At that time, Venerable Dīghanakha immediately entered samādhi in front of the Buddha. As he entered samādhi, he rose into the sky in the eastern direction and manifested the four dignified deportments of walking, standing, sitting, and lying down. He entered the fire samādhi, emitting fire from his body, with the entire body blazing with light and flames in blue, yellow, red, white, and crystal-like colors. Fire emitted from the lower part of his body burned his body, while water emitted from the upper part of his body sprinkled his body. Sometimes fire emitted from the upper part of his body burned the lower part of his body, while water emitted from the lower part of his body sprinkled the upper part of his body. He manifested various transformations in the ten directions. Then, in the sky, he emitted fire from his body and burned himself to parinirvāṇa, without remainder, extinguishing and pacifying, leaving no trace. It was like a lamp in the sky, with the oil and wick both extinguished. Dīghanakha's parinirvāṇa in the sky, with body and mind both extinguished, was also like this. At that time, the World-Honored One spoke a verse, saying:

It is like a burning iron ball, its flames blazing
brightly, the heat gradually subsiding and extinguishing, one does not
know where it goes. Such is liberation, crossing the mire
of afflictions, the various flows forever severed, one does not
know where it goes. Attaining the immovable trace, entering nirvāṇa without remainder.

Having spoken this sūtra, the Buddha said to the bhikṣus, "The bhikṣus should practice in this way." The bhikṣus, having heard the Buddha's words, rejoiced and practiced accordingly.