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                                                                               feel old. He visited all of the monasteries he had founded and prepared
                                                                               to meet his end.
                                                                                      Before the Buddha’s death, he became severely sick. He jour-
                                                                               neyed northwest to the banks of the river Hiranyavati, walking with his
                                                                               disciples, and ate the food offered by a blacksmith. His illness had pro-
                                                                               gresses, and at the end, he came to the river and took a bath. Then he
                                                                               made a rope bed among eight sal trees, with each direction having two.
                                                                               He lay down on his side, right hand supporting his head, the other rest-
                                                                               ing on his body. All later reclining Buddhas (called Buddha’s Nirvana)
                                                                               are in the same posture.
                                                                                      The Buddha’s disciples kept watch on him after they were told
                                                                               the Buddha was going to nirvana. At night, a scholar of Brahman went
        The remaining 45 years of the Buddha’s life were spent journey-        to see the Buddha, but was stopped by the Buddha’s disciple Ananda.
ing around the plain of the Ganges, teaching and receiving visitors.           Hearing this, the Buddha called the scholar Subhadda to his bed and
        «There are two extremes which are to be avoided: a life of pleas-      spoke him. Thus the scholar became the Buddha’s last disciple. The
ure – this is low and ignoble, unworthy and useless, and runs counter to       final exhortation of the Buddha to his disciples was that they should not
the affairs of the spirit; and a life of fasting – this is sad, unworthy and   be sorry for losing their tutor.
useless. Perfection has kept its distance from these two extremes, and                Growing weaker, he spoke one last time: «Do not say we have no
has found the middle way which leads to repose, knowledge, illumina-           master now. The doctrine I have preached will be your master when I
tion, and Nirvana. So here is the sacred truth about pain: birth, old age,     have disappeared. Listen, I beg you: ALL CREATIONS ARE IMPER-
sickness, death, and separation from that which one loves, are pain. And       MANENT; work diligently for your liberation.»
this is the origin of pain: it is thirst for pleasure, thirst for existence,          Having pronounced these final words, Buddha went into the
thirst for impermanence. And here is the truth about the suppression of        jhana stages, or meditative absorptions. Going from level to level, one
pain: it is the extinction of that thirst by the destruction of desire.        after the other, ever deeper and deeper, he reached ecstacy. Then he
        «Charity, knowledge and virtue are possessions that cannot be          came out of the meditative absorption for the last time and passed into
lost. To do a little good is worth more than accomplishing works of a          nirvana, leaving nothing whatever behind that can cause rebirth again in
difficult nature. The perfect man is nothing unless he pours out kindness      this or any other world and finally passed into Nirvana.
on his fellow creatures, unless he consoles the abandoned. My doctrine                After his death, Buddha’s remains were cremated, as became the
is a doctrine of mercy. The way of salvation is open to all. Destroy your      Buddhist tradition. The passing away, or the final nirvana, of the Bud-
passions as the elephant would trample down a reed hut. But I would            dha occurred in 483 BC on a full moon day in the month of May,
have you know that it is a mistaken idea to believe that one can escape        known in the Indian calendar as Wesak.
from one’s passions by taking shelter in hermitages. The only remedy                  • You know that the story of Buddha was written in Sanscrit
against evil is healthy reality.»                                              (ancient language of India). Here you are given some glossary of the
        And so Buddha travelled and preached. He performed many                Sanscrit names (from GLOSSARY of Esoteric Words and Phrases).
miracles, and converted his family and many followers. During his life                Gautama – Гаутама
the Buddha had taught that no one was to succeed him as leader of the                 Sakya or Sakyamuni – Сакья / Сакьямуни
Sangha. Instead, his followers were to take his teaching and rule as their            Suddhodana – Шуддходана
sole guides. By the time he reached the age of 80, Sakyamuni began to                 Kapilavastu – Капилавасту

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