“Come now, mendicants, I say to you all: ‘Conditions fall apart. Persist with diligence.’ The full extinguishment of the Realized One will be soon. Three months from now the Realized One will be fully extinguished.” That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: “I’ve reached a ripe old age, Then the Buddha got up and said to Venerable Ānanda, “Go now, Ānanda, at your convenience.”