The Last Days of the Buddha[list=][/list]
Notes derived from:
Oosterwijk, R.C. van; The Last Days of the Buddha, 2014
THE LAST DAYS OF THE BUDDHA
Rajagaha Rajgir, also known as Rajagriha, was the capital of the Magadha kingdom at the time of the Buddha.
Page 13 2.01 the seven things that are conducive to welfare
Rajagaha
Page 14 2.02 morality, concentration and wisdom ‘a comprehensive discourse’
“This is morality, this is concentration, this is wisdom”
Patalligama
Page 18 2.04 the perils of immorality and the advantages of morality
Kotagama
Page 19 2.04 the four noble truths ( maybe not)
Nadika
Page 21 2.06 on the deaths and future states of the Buddha’s followers
Vesali
Page 27 2.10 the Buddha renounced his life principle
Page 31 2.13 teachings about impermanence and recommendations for practice/ the 37 wings of enlightenment!
Bhandagama
Page 34 2.14 virtue, concentration, wisdom and emancipation
Page 35 2.15 the authenticity of a teaching
The four criteria
Pava on the way to Kusinara
Page 37
2.16 the Buddha is offered the last meal in Pava
The story of the bad monk
Kusinara/On reaching the village of Kusinara of the Mallas on the further side of the Hiranyavati river
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3.01 the Buddha lays down between two sala trees on his right side in the lion posture one foot on the other
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3.02 reverence and care for the dead body of the Buddha is not the duty of monks it is the duty of pious laymen
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3.06 the Buddha tells Ananda to put the relics of his body in a stupa Crossroads
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3.07 Ananda mourns and the Buddha consoles him reminding him of the importance of impermanence
Page 53
3.08 adopting the noble eight-fold path is essential to becoming a true acetic, the religious wanderer Subhadda becomes the last personal disciple of the Buddha upon his ordination
Page 56
The Dhamma and the Vinaya shall be the teacher
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3.11 The Brahma penalty
Page 59
3.12 the Buddha’s last exhortation about impermanence
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8.13/3.18 ? the Buddha dies passing through the meditative absorptions
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3.15. An eminent monk gives an exhortation to stop lamentation