[1126] A second time the Blessed One … . A third time the Blessed One addressed the Venerable Ānanda: "Delightful, Ānanda, is Vesālī; delightful is the Udena Shrine (cetiya), delightful is the Gotamaka Shrine, delightful is the Sattamba Shrine, delightful is the Bahuputta Shrine, delightful is the Sārandada Shrine, delightful is the Pāvāla Shrine. Whoever, Ānanda, has developed and cultivated the four bases of spiritual power (iddhipāda), made them a vehicle, made them a foundation, established them, consolidated them, and thoroughly undertaken them, could, if he wished, remain for an eon (kappa) or for the remainder of an eon. The Tathāgata, Ānanda, has developed and cultivated the four bases of spiritual power, made them a vehicle, made them a foundation, established them, consolidated them, and thoroughly undertaken them. If he wished, Ānanda, the Tathāgata could remain for an eon or for the remainder of an eon."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.