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river Kukushta. There Gotama rested again, and bathed for the last time. Feeling that he was dying, and careful lest Chunda should be reproached by himself or others, he said to Ananda, " Af ter I am gone tell Chunda that he will receive in a future See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth very See also:

GREAT

great See also:

REWARD

reward; for, having eaten of the See also:

food he gave me, I am about to See also:

die; and if he should still doubt, say that it was from my own mouth that you heard this. There are two gifts which will be blest above all others, namely, Sujata's See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift before I attained See also:

WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom under the Bo See also:

tree, and this gift of Chunda's before I pass away." After halting again and again the party at length reached the river Hiranyavati, See also:

close by Kusinara, and there for the last time the teacher rested. Lying down under some Sal trees, with his See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face towards the See also:

south, he talked See also:

long and earnestly with Ananda about his See also:

BURIAL

burial, and about certain rules which were to be observed by the society after his See also:

DEATH

death. Towards the end of this conversation, when it was evening, Ananda See also:

broke down and went aside to weep, but the Buddha missed him, and sending for him comforted him with the promise of See also:

NIRVANA

Nirvana, and repeated what he had so often said before about the impermanence of all things,—" 0 Ananda! do not weep; do not let yourself be troubled. You known what I have said; sooner or later we must See also:

PART

part from all we hold most dear. This See also:

BODY

body of ours contains within itself the See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power which renews its strength for a time, but also the causes which See also:

lead to its destruction. Is there anything put together which shall not dissolve?

But you, too, shall be See also:

FREE

free from this delusion, this See also:

WORLD

world of sense, this See also:

law of See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change. Beloved," added he, speaking to the rest of the disciples, " Ananda for long years has served me with devoted See also:

AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection." And he spoke to them at some length on the kindness of Ananda. About midnight Subhadra, a brahmin philosopher of Kusinara, came to ask some questions of the Buddha, but Ananda, fearing that this might lead to a longer discussion than the sick teacher could See also:

bear, would not admit him. Gotama heard the See also:

sound of their talk, and asking what it was, told them to let Subhadra come. The latter began by asking whether the six great teachers knew all See also:

LAWS

laws, or whether there were some that they did not know, or knew only partially. " This is not the time," was the See also:

ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer, " for such discussions. To true wisdom there is only one way, the path that is laid down in my See also:

SYSTEM

system. Many have already followed it, and conquering the lust and See also:

PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride and anger of their own See also:

HEARTS

hearts, have become free from See also:

IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance and doubt and wrong belief, have entered the See also:

CALM

calm See also:

state of universal kindliness, and have reached Nirvana even in this life. 0 Subhadra! I do not speak to you of things I have not experienced. Since I was twenty-nine years old till now I have striven after pure and perfect wisdom, and following the See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good path, have found Nirvana." A See also:

RULE

rule had been made that no follower of a See also:

RIVAL

rival system should be admitted to the society without four months' See also:

PROBATION

probation. So deeply did the words or the impressive manner of the dying teacher See also:

WORK

work upon Subhadra that he asked to be admitted at once, and Gotama granted his See also:

REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request.

Then turning to his disciples he said, " When I have passed away and am no longer with you, do not think that the Buddha has See also:

LEFT

left you, and is not still in your midst. You have my words, my explanations of the deep things of truth, the laws I have laid down for the society; let them be your See also:

GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide; the Buddha has not left you." Soon afterwards he again spoke to them, urging them to reverence one another, and rebuked one of the disciples who spoke 3 The See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of the See also:

account of this last journey is the Mahabarinibbane Suttanta, vol. ii. of the Digha (ed. Rhys Davids and See also:

Carpenter) The See also:

TRANSLATION

translation is inmRhys Davids', Buddhist Suites. indiscriminately all that occurred to him. Towards the See also:

MORNING

morning he asked whether any one had any doubt about the Buddha, the law or the society; if so, he would clear them up. No one answered, and Ananda expressed his surprise that amongst so many none should doubt, and all be firmly attached to the law. But the Buddha laid stress on the final perseverance of the See also:

SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints, saying that even the least among the disciples who had entered the first path only, still had his See also:

heart fixed on the way to perfection, and constantly strove after the three higher paths. " No doubt," he said, " can be found in the mind of a true See also:

DISCIPLE

disciple." After another pause he said: " Behold now, brethren, this is my exhortation to yqu. Decay is inherent in all component things. Work out, therefore, your emancipation with See also:

DILIGENCE

diligence! " These were the last words the Buddha spoke; shortly afterwards he became unconscious, and in that state passed away.

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