After struggling tirelessly for forty-five years traveling to teach the Dhamma, at the age of eighty years Buddha Parinibbana (deceased) under the twin Sala trees in Kusinárá, in the year 543 BC. Before Parinibbana, Buddha gave the last message to her students as follows:
"Be a lamp to yourself,
Be a protector for yourselves,
Do not rely on the fate of other creatures,
Hold fast to the Dhamma as a lamp,
Hold the Dhamma as a guardian ".
"O monks, Dhamma I have taught thee,
Study it carefully,
Nurture,
Develop, and
Train well
So the Holy Livelihood can be done well
And can last a long time,
For the welfare and happiness of human life. "
Be a protector for yourselves,
Do not rely on the fate of other creatures,
Hold fast to the Dhamma as a lamp,
Hold the Dhamma as a guardian ".
"O monks, Dhamma I have taught thee,
Study it carefully,
Nurture,
Develop, and
Train well
So the Holy Livelihood can be done well
And can last a long time,
For the welfare and happiness of human life. "
Some monks receive Parinibbana Buddha with full awareness and understanding, some others monks accepted Parinibbana of Buddha with mourning and weeping bitterly because of his grief.
Now the Buddha is gone, but there remains his Dhamma all time, serve as guide lines to achieve prosperity and happiness of human life.
Now the Buddha is gone, but there remains his Dhamma all time, serve as guide lines to achieve prosperity and happiness of human life.
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