AN 2.54 - AN 2.54
Translated by Bhikkhu Candana
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Candana source labels: 54. Site text ID: AN 2.54.

54. “Bhikkhus, there are these two people whose death is mourned and lamented over by countless beings throughout the cosmos. And who are these two?

“One is The Tathāgata, The Arahant, The Perfectly Self-Awakened Buddha; and the other is the Universal Wheel-Turning Monarch.

“Bhikkhus, these are the two people whose death is mourned and lamented over by countless beings throughout the cosmos.”