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VI.
MAHẬ-PARINIBBÂNA-SUTTA.
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Blessed One died! Too soon has the Happy One passed away! Too soon has the Light gone out in the world!”
"There are spirits, too, Ananda, on the earth, and of worldly mind, who tear their hair and weep, and stretch forth their arms and weep, fall prostrate on the ground, and roll to and fro in anguish at the thought: “Too soon has the Blessed one died! Too soon has the Happy One passed away! Too soon has the Light gone out in the world!”
But the spirits who are free from passion bear it, calm and self-possessed, mindful of the saying which begins, “Impermanent indeed are all component things. How then is it possible (that such a being should not be dissolved]?”
22. Now the venerable Anuruddha and the venerable Ananda spent the rest of that night in religious discourse. Then the venerable Anuruddha said to the venerable Ananda : 'Go now, brother Ananda, into Kusinârâ and inform the Mallas of Kusinârâ, saying, “The Blessed One, O Vasetthas, is dead : do, then, whatever seemeth to you fit!'
'Even so, Lord!' said the venerable Ananda, in assent, to the venerable Anuruddha. And having robed himself early in the morning, he took his bowl, and went into Kusinârâ with one of the brethren as an attendant.
23. Now at that time the Mallas of Kusinârâ were assembled in the council hall concerning that very matter.
And the venerable Ananda went to the council hall of the Mallas of Kusinârâ; and when he had arrived there, he informed them, saying, “The
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |