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	Comments on Salient Points in the Mahiparinibbina Sutta / shwemra1.htm
		The Mahaparinibbana Sutta is the account of the events of the last year of the Buddha's life.
		The Sutta is one of the most detailed consecutive accounts of the events of any single year in the Buddha's life to be found in the Buddhist Canon.
		According to the Sutta, Mara the Evil One approached the Buddha and made a request, saying that as by that time the Buddha's disciples had become well trained and proficient in the dhamma, and as the religious system had been well established, it was time for the Buddha to pass away and realize Parinibbana.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /buddhism/shwemra1.htm (1163 words)

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		The Mahaparinibbana Sutta, from the Long Discourse of Pali Tipitaka, is without doubt the most reliable source for details on the death of Siddhattha Gotama (BCE 563-483), the Lord Buddha.
		In the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, we are told that the Buddha became ill suddenly after he ate a special delicacy, Sukaramaddava, literally translated as "soft pork", which had been prepared by his generous host, Cunda Kammaraputta.
		When the sutta was composed, its author was under the impression that the Buddha died, not because of the food he ate, but because he already had an underlying illness that was serious and acute-and had the same symptoms of the disease that finally killed him.
	jyotisha.00it.com /Parinibbana.htm (2884 words)

	Sri Lanka's Contribution to the Development of the Pali Canon
		The five stanzas added to the Mahaparinibbana Sutta and the Buddhavamsa seem to have inspired the Sri Lankan writers who filled the gaps of the history of the tooth Relic which was brought here in the reign of king Kittisirimegha.
		The Kokaliya Sutta of the Sutta Nipata is an ideal example of the Sri Lankan interpolations in the Pali Canon.
		The present Kokaliya Sutta consists of twenty two stanzas, however, the commentary on the Sutta Nipata observes clearly that this is a discourse of twenty stanzas.
	www.ripl.or.kr /Archives/Academic/e003.htm (6737 words)

	List of sutras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta, on questions that lead to a thicket of views and on the extinguished fire as a metaphor for nirvana
		Anapanasati Sutta, a discourse on the method of being mindful of the breath
		Kalama Sutta, the Buddha's advice to the Kalamas on how to decide which practices are correct
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_sutras (331 words)

	How free is freedom of thought
		Suttas such as Kalahavivada, Culavyaha, Mahaviyaha, all in the Suttaniputa, provide concrete evidence to the Buddha's attitude to all means of knowledge Falling under 'reason.
		From the content of the Sutta what is clear is that the Buddha admonishes the Kalamas not to adopt any of the above mentioned ten means of knowledge as absolute criteria or standards or measurements in evaluating the quality of a religious teaching, specially of teachings pertaining to ethics.
		The Sutta says that the Kalamas were perplexed and confused by the claims put forward by different religious teachers who visited their village, praising each one's teachings and denouncing the rest as false.
	www.purifymind.com /FreeThought.htm (2286 words)

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		In the Cullavagga of the Vinaya Texts, Mahakassapa was not present at the Mahaparinibbana of the Buddha at Kusinagara.
		Presence of rebellious monks during the lifetime of Buddha The history of the Sasana, both in the Sutta and Vinaya Pitaka, shows that there were rebellious monks in the order during the lifetime of Budda: The evil attempts of Devadatta to kill the Buddha and cause a schism in the Sangha.
		Moreover, he had advised the monks in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta not to abolish rules, which had been laid down as one of the seven conditions for the welfare and harmony of the Order.
	www.mangalavihara.org.sg /first_buddhist_council.doc (1861 words)

	Mahaparinibbana Sutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mahaparinibbana Sutta is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		As long as they meet in harmony, break up in harmony, and carry on their business in harmony, they may be expected to prosper and not decline.
		The former, also called the Sutras (Sanskrit) or Suttas (Pali), are held to be, literally or metaphoricall...
	www.experiencefestival.com /mahaparinibbana_sutta (1025 words)

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		Having reflected on this Sutta, it is left to us to judge ourselves to which category we belong and why we study or chant the discourses.
		A Sutta (Discourse) like Mangala Sutta was an answer to the Deva who asked the Lord Buddha about the real progress in social, economic and spiritual life.
		Buddha asked Venerable Cunda to chant this Bojjhanga Sutta when He was ill. He himself did the chanting of the Bojjhanga Sutta when his senior disciples, Venerable Maha Kassapa and Venerable Maha Moggallana, were sick.
	www.quangduc.com /English/basic/31chanting.html (1373 words)

	Amitabha! Welcome to the Shaolin Temple of the United States! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The most famous sutta is the Mahaparinibbana Sutta which gives an account of the last days and the passing away of the Buddha and the distribution of this relics.
		This Sutta is an important narrative of the Buddha’s last days, a detailed chronicle of what he did, what he said and what happened to him during the last year of his life.
		This Sutta described four practices involving: (i) happy living now, followed by the dire consequences in the future; (ii) unhappy living now, followed by the dire consequences in the future; (iii) unhappy living how, followed by a happy life in the future; (iv) happy living now, followed by a happy life in the future.
	www.shaolintemplezen.org /index1.cfm?fuseaction=suttanta (13835 words)

	BOOK PUBLICATIONS BASIC BOOKS The Buddha and His Teachings by Narada Ma
		The sutta and commentaries together give extensive treatment to such subjects as the monk's moral precepts, contentment, mindfulness and clear comprehension, the abandoning of the five hindrances, jhanas, higher knowledges, etc. 1989, 200 pp.
		The suttas -- in mixed prose and verse -- are elevated and profound, and at times reach a pitch of lofty spiritual exaltation.
		The result is a beautiful and inspiring anthology of suttas on the personality of the Blessed One, introduced and explained in such a way as to highlight their practical relevance.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys1/books.htm (3172 words)

	The Theravada Attitude to Discipline - Bhikkhu Nyanarama
		The Sutta states this in a verb of the imperative mood while the Cullavagga uses an optative, thereby revealing, as it were, Ananda's willingness as such, to the abrogation of the rules in question.
		The Buddha in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta preaches seven conditions of welfare to the Licchavis of Vesali as found in the Anguttara Nikaya.
		Obviously the Mahaparinibbana Sutta is not worried about the first part of the discourse, only the appropriate portio having been quoted and inserted in it.
	www.saigon.com /~anson/ebud/ebdha247.htm (4386 words)

	The Sutta Pitaka (from Buddhism) -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By far the largest of the three “baskets” is the Sutta Pitaka (“Basket of Discourse”), which consists of five collections (nikayas) containing the discourses attributed to the Buddha.
		One of the most interesting suttantas (“discourses”) is the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, which gives an account of the last days of the Buddha and stresses the importance of striving for emancipation.
		The suttas begin with a description of the particular occasion when the stanzas were spoken; the stanzas themselves represent a kind of questioning and answering.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-68712?tocId=68712 (2061 words)

	LIBERATION
		A close study of the Suttas suggests that the latter translation is possibly more correct because the Buddha's disciples were called savakas or listeners (of the Dhamma), and He generally referred to them as "Ariyan disciples" in the Suttas (e.g.
		These 2 Suttas indicate that the attainment of the Anagamin and the Arahant stages must have Perfect Concentraion, which is always defined as the 4 jhanas or one-pointedness of mind by the Buddha in the Suttas (e.g.
		Majjhima Nikaya Sutta 14 tells how a cousin of the Buddha, Mahanama, came to see the Buddha and said that he had learnt the Dhamma for a long time and knew that greed, hatred and delusion were defilements.
	watthai.net /talon/liberation.htm (5557 words)

	Liberation Park - Suttas Currently Studied (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Suttas are the discourses of the Lord Buddha and leading disciples that contain the original Dhamma perspectives of the Awakened One.
		Liberation Park's on-going Sutta Study Group is one of the ways we support the practice of our friends.
		DN 16 (LDB 231; D.ii.72): The Buddha's Final Days are described in this important devotional sutta that also has some nice encapsulations of certain aspects of Dhamma.
	www.liberationpark.org /pali/suttanow.htm (332 words)

	Apannaka Sutta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The sutta concludes with the arahant-ideal as the height to be attained by the being who tortures neither himself nor others, and who is given to torturing neither himself nor others, but lives here and now beyond all appetites, blissful and perfected.
		Apannaka Sutta.-As sure as the cast of a true die (apannakamani) are the results of failures or successes of síla, etc.
		It consists of ten suttas on various topics, including an extract from the Maháparinibbána Sutta and a sutta containing reasons why women are excluded from public assemblies and serious business.
	www.palikanon.com /namen/ay/apannaka_s_v.htm (231 words)

	Global Pagoda - What is a Pagoda
		Called stupa or "pagoda" - it was originally a mound erected as a memorial to a great leader.
		It is mentioned in Mahãparinibbãna Sutta, the discourse recording the last days of the Buddha, that ten stupas were constructed to house his remains.
		One of these is thought still to be standing at Kushinagar in modern-day Uttar Pradesh, making the spot where the Buddha's body was cremated.
	www.globalpagoda.org /whatpagoda_main.htm (808 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He has already delivered the message of Truth He discovered to His erstwhile colleagues with whom He was searching for the Truth when He met them at the Deer Park in Isipatana in Varanasi on the Esala fullmoon day two months after He realized the Truth at Buddha Gaya.
		The Buddha on His way from Buddha Gaya to Varanasi to preach the Dhamma, meeting a stranger on the way when asked whither the Buddha was giving, said unto the stranger, that "he was proceeding to the city of Kasis in order to set rolling the wheel of the Dhamma.
		Here the wheel obviously intended represent the Buddha aniconically, is honoured with a garland which is pendent from the hub in keeping with the canonical tradition of the Mahaparinibbana Sutta........
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/06/18/fea06.html (1504 words)

	Beliefnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Theravade sutta comes from the pali 'language' which is what the suttas were first recorded in.
		There are vary few additions in the suttas and when they do come up, the commentaries always note them.
		This is one of the suttas where there were things added, but you wont find anything like Ae has posted.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?boardID=306&discussionID=434839 (486 words)

	Some thoughts on the Buddha's farewell address (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In my reading of the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, the Tathagata is spiritually distinct from the dying body of Gautama.
		The Tathagata in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta also seems to express little or no concern as to who shall lead the Sangha after his passing, or what instructions should be given to the Sangha after passing.
		Lastly, the Tathagata, talking through Gautama's dying body, only speaks about two refuges, not three, viz., the self and the dharma, in which the self and the Dharma are metaphorically described as a flame or a lamp, depending upon the tastes of the translator.
	www.darkzen.com /thezennist/oct1995-Some_thoughts_on_the_Buddhas_farewell_address.html (203 words)

	Life & teaching of the Buddha
		This short work by the eminent German scholar-monk presents extracts from the original Pali texts, arranged to present the teaching in a concise, coherent fashion.
		Drawing upon the Buddha's own words from the Sutta Pitaka, the compiler has arranged them in accordance with two overlapping schems of practice: the threefold training in virtue, concentration, and wisdom, and the seven stages of purification.
		A long chapter on concentration provides sutta sources for all the forty classical subjects of meditation, while the chapter on wisdom cites texts relating to the development of insight.
	www.dhammabooks.com /Life_zg_teaching_of_the_Buddha.html (473 words)

	WELCOME - www.jainsamaj.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Chapter 8 of Lankavatara Sutta published in Sanskrit records that any follower of Buddhism whether monk or layman should never eat meat or fish.
		There is a dispute whether Buddha himself died of consuming sukaramaddawa, (Mahaparinibbana Sutta) which has seversl interpretations - pork, tender pig or food made of some delicacy etc.
		Their mythical nature is very vague however all these nations contribute to the idea that a taboo on flesh existed in ancient times.
	jainsamaj.org /literature/isha3-17102.htm (885 words)

	Robin Beck: Comment on What is Emptiness?
		I am going to have to reread the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, as I do not recall those verses being there.
		I do know those verses are from the Udana, and in fact I cite them in my article about Nirvana, which deals with the negative and positive formulations of the goal of Buddhism as found in the Pali Canon.
		The Mahaparinibbana Sutta of the Digha Nikaya also comes across as a story of the Buddha's last year and teachings so as to wrap everything up for posterity.
	www.fraughtwithperil.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=674 (1337 words)

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		Without approval or rejection, the words and phrases (attributed to that community of bhikkhus) should be carefully noted and should be collated with the Sutta and examined in the light of the Vinaya.
		Without approval or rejection, those words and phrases (attributed to the Buddha) should be carefully noted and should be collated with the Sutta and examined in the light of the Vinaya.
		The Sutta: According to the Commentary, this term in this para 188 means the entire Teaching of the Buddha, encompassing the three Pitakas.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /theravada/mahapri3.htm (5393 words)

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		The Buddha said in the Sigalovada Sutta that both husband and wife should be faithful and respectful to each other According to the Buddha marriage life is a partnership where two people belong to each other (Anaticariyaya/Anaticarini).
		Again in the Sigalovada Sutta, He defines friends into six categories: parents and children, employer and employee, husband and wife, moral guardians and their followers, teacher and pupils, and associates.
		Somewhere in the Anguttara Nikaya, Sangaha Sutta the Buddha also advises us to be generous towards each other, to speak only sweet and kind words, to help boost the interests of each other and not to have any discrimination in dealing with people.
	www.buddhism.ndirect.co.uk /dmasami3.htm (8591 words)

	Michael Attwood - Sangha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As a minor note I believe there are better translations, but this does not detract from the achievement.
		Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta : the Buddha's first Discourse on the nature of his enlightenment.
		Satipatthana Sutta : the foundations of mindfulness (sati) that essential ingredient in the Spiritual life.
	www.geocities.com /mjattwood_nz/texts.html (527 words)

	Mahâ-Sudassana Sutta: Legend of the Great King of Glory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This Sutta follows in the Dîgha Nikâya immediately after the Book of the Great Decease, and is based on the same legend as the Mahâ-Sudassana Gâtaka, No. 95 in Mr.
		As the latter differs in several important particulars from our Sutta, it is probably not taken directly from it, but is merely derived from the same source.
		To trace back all the rhetorical phrases of our Sutta to their earliest appearance in the Vedic hymns would be an interesting task of historical philology, though it would throw more light upon Buddhist forms of speech than upon Buddhist forms of belief.
	www.allstarz.org /religioustext/bud/sbe11/sbe1108.htm (12591 words)

	Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary
		In the wake of the devastating Tsunami that recently hit many parts of Asia and the untold suffering and pain that it brought to hundreds of thousands of beings, it is timely to know something about these occurrences and their causes.
		According to the Buddha (in Mahaparinibbana Sutta, DN 16), there are 8 conditions that can result in earthquakes/tremors occurring:
		In Mahaparinibbana Sutta, it is stated that the Buddhaâs parinibbana could have been delayed for as long as one kappa if a human being had requested for it.
	www.sasanarakkha.org /print.php?content=dhamma/2005/01/day-earth-shook.html (990 words)

	Suttanta Pitaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		which consists of 34 suttas, including the well-known Mahasatipatthana Sutta (The Greater Discourse on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness), the Samaññaphala Sutta (The Fruits of the Homeless Life), the Mahaparinibbana Sutta (The Buddha's Last Days), and many others.
		which consists of 152 suttas of varying length, including the Satipatthana Sutta (The Four Foundations of Mindfulness), the Anapanasati Sutta (Mindfulness of Breathing) the Sabbasava Sutta (All the Taints), the Angulimala Sutta (The Story of Angulimala), and many more.
		Or the "Further-factored" Discourses, which consists of 8,777 short suttas, grouped together into eleven nipatas according to the number of items of Dhamma covered in each sutta.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/5354/suttan.htm (267 words)

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