{"id":57,"date":"2011-06-09T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2011\/06\/last-words-of-the-buddha\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T15:43:00","slug":"last-words-of-the-buddha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2011\/06\/last-words-of-the-buddha.html","title":{"rendered":"Last words of the Buddha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Well, not quite, but these are amongst the last words of the Buddha, and surely some of the most famous from his teaching during the last days of his life:<\/span>

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\u201cTasm\u0101tih\u0101nanda, attad\u012bp\u0101 viharatha attasara\u1e47\u0101 ana\u00f1\u00f1asara\u1e47\u0101, dhammad\u012bp\u0101 dhammasara\u1e47\u0101 ana\u00f1\u00f1asara\u1e47\u0101.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


<\/span>\u201cThere, O \u0100nanda!, dwell with yourself as an island, yourself as refuge, without other refuge, with the Dhamma as island, with the Dhamma as refuge, without other refuge.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


<\/span>\u300c\u4f4f\u65bc\u81ea\u6d32\uff0c\u4f4f\u65bc\u81ea\u4f9d\uff1b\u4f4f\u65bc\u6cd5\u6d32\uff0c\u4f4f\u65bc\u6cd5\u4f9d\uff1b\u4e0d\u7570\u6d32\u4e0d\u7570\u4f9d\u3002\u300d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


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Via Shi Huifeng (who blogs here<\/a>)<\/span>

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From the Mah\u0101parinibb\u0101na Sutta; excerpt here<\/a>, full book here<\/a>.\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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