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| | The Buddha and His Noble Path |
 | | He was not born as a Buddha, but was a human being who became a Buddha by his own striving. |
 | | In 543 BC, on the full moon day of May (Vesaka Punnima), in the Sala grove Southwest of Kusinagar capital of the Mallas (in modern Uttar Pradesh, India), the Buddha, founder of the greatest religion, and the greatest teacher of all men and gods, passed into parinibbana (complete extinction), at the age of 80. |
 | | When the Blessed One was entering into parinibbana, he addressed the assembly of bhikkhus saying- 'Brethren, now behold, I exhort you, decay is inherent in all conditioned things, but the Truth will remain forever! |
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