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(Theravad Gatha) 277-278 Budda Charya Page 541 Maha pari-nibban-sutta S. N. 2.3. (16).
The last words of Goutam Buddha were :--
“Well! monks, I speak to you, all the created things have the nature of decay ; perform (life-object) carefully. These are the last words of the Thathậgata."
Buddha Charya P. 518 Chanda Sutta (S.N. 45-2-3).
On hearing of the death of Sariputra, Goutam Buddha says:-“Anand! That which is created is all to be destroyed. It is impossible to check its destruction. Threfore, O Anand, make itself an island, make itself a refuge, walk, having no other shelter.” The Jain scriptures say the same thing :--
Jnânârnava says: वस्तुजातमिदं मूढ प्रतिक्षण विनश्वरं ।
जानन्नपि न जानासि ग्रह कोऽय मनौषधः ॥१४-२॥ Vastu jätamidam mudha prati-ksana vinaśvaram, Jâ nanapi na jânâsi graha ko-ya manausadhah 1412
“O Ignorant, all the objects are decaying every moment, knowing this, why do not you understand. Have you been caught hold of by a ghost, for which there is no remedy."
मनोज्ञ विषयैः सार्द्ध संयोगाः स्वप्नसन्निभाः।
क्षणादेव क्षयंयांति बंचनोदुत बुद्धयाः ॥ ४५-२॥ Manojna visayaih sârdhum sanyogâh stapnasannibhâh Ksanâ deva Kşayam Yanti banchanoddhuta buddhayah
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