{"collection":"Sacred Texts: Buddhism","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bud_bits_bits012_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bud_bits_bits012_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bud_bits_bits012_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/bits/bits012.htm","summary":"This is a translated excerpt from the Mah\u0101-Parinibb\u0101na Sutta, a canonical Pali Buddhist text from the D\u012bgha Nik\u0101ya, recounting the final hours and death (parinirv\u0101\u1e47a) of the historical Buddha. The passage covers the Buddha's arrival at Kusin\u0101r\u0101, his lying down between twin sal-trees in his death posture, and the supernatural phenomena accompanying his passing \u2014 out-of-season flowers, celestial music, and the gathering of deities from ten worlds. A notable teaching embedded in the scene is the Buddha's correction of his disciples: true veneration comes not from miraculous spectacle but from fulfilling the precepts and living rightly. The text also gives sustained attention to \u0100nanda, the Buddha's devoted attendant, portraying his grief, the Buddha's tender consolation of him, and an extended eulogy of \u0100nanda's exceptional qualities as a teacher and companion. The distinctive perspective throughout is the Therav\u0101da tradition's dual emphasis on the Buddha's cosmic significance (deities mourning, miracles attending) alongside his insistence on impermanence and the primacy of ethical practice over devotional display \u2014 the weeping gods who have \"earthly minds\" are contrasted with the passionless ones who accept that all conditioned things must perish.","tags":["Henry Clarke Warren","Pali Canon Translations","Theravada Buddhism"],"text":null,"title":"Buddhism in Translations - \u00a7 12. The Death of the Buddha.","tradition":"Sacred Texts: Buddhism","translated_text":null,"word_count":5296}