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The Aquarian Theosophist

Vol. VI, #8 JUNE 17, 2006 June17, 2006 Page 1e mail: [email protected] Archive: http://teosofia.com/AT.html

heorist helps develop first single moleculeScience and the Akashic Field

[A integraltheory of verything]SCIENCE AND THE

Akashic Field

Book review

[Published by Inner TraditionsRochester, Vermont, 2006; $14.95]

SCIENCE AND THEAkashic Field

Book review

[Published by Inner TraditionsRochester, Vermont, 2006; $14.95]

Ervin Laszlo has published aremarkable new book of the above title.As you will notice on the front cover Dr.Deepak Chopra gives it a highrecommendation.

While a student of MadameBlvatskys Secret Doctrine might findthemselves slightly uncomfortable with

the phrase Akashic Field, whenconsidering HPBs use of the wordAkasha, this is, after all, a minorinconvenience considering the excellenceof the volume. It is user-friendly.

Great portions of the volume arestudies in the mysteries of Karmic LAW. yet Karma is neither mentioned norindexed.

With Science, An Integral theory ofEverything is a little like the fable ofsearching for the four-leaf-clover.Laszlo gives a brilliant description of thesearch

Dr. Deepak Chopra says of thebook:

The most brilliant,comprehensive, and intellectuallysatisfying integral theory of everythingthat I have ever read. . . . . transcendsthe vision of Darwin, Newton, Einstein,the quantum pioneers, and many otherscientific giants of history.

A quote from the book willillustrate the point:

In the beginning of the twentiethcentury, the much neglected but nowmore and more discovered geniusNikola Tesla, the father of moderncommunication technologies, spoke ofan original medium that fills spaceand compared it to Akasha, the light-carrying ether. In his unpublished 1907paper Mans greatest achievement, hewrote that this original medium, a kindof force field, becomes matterwhenprana, cosmic energy, acts on it,and when the action ceases, mattervanishes and returns to Akasha. Sincethis medium fills all of space,everything that takes place in space canbe referred to it . The curvature of ,

T BLEOFCONTENTSScience and the Akashic Field 1

The Global Village 6

A Tale o f Gold and Greed 11

The Oriental Department Report 12

The Book of the Great Decease 13

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Space, said Tesla, which was putforward at the time by Einstein, is notthe answer.

However,, by the end of the firstdecade of the twentieth century, physicistsadopted Einsteins mathematically

elaborated four-dimensional curvedspace-time and, with the exception of afew maverick theoreticians, refused toconsider any concept of a space-fillingether, medium, or force field. Teslasinsight fell into disrepute, and then intooblivion. Today it is revived. Bohm,Puthoff, and a small but growing group ofscientists are rediscovering the role ofinformation in nature, and locatingnatures information field in the quantumvacuum, the much discussed if as yetimperfectly understood energy sea thatfills cosmic space. At the beginning ofthe twentieth century, space was alreadybelieved to be filled with an invisibleenergy field the luminiferous etherthat produces friction when bodies movethrough it and thus slows their motion.But when such friction failed tomaterialize in the famous Michelson-Morley experiments, the ether wasremoved from the physicists worldpicture. The absolute vacuum spacethat is truly empty when not occupied bymattertook its place.

However, the cosmic vacuumturned out to be far from empty space.In the grand unified theories (GUTs)developed in the second half of thetwentieth century, the concept of thevacuum transformed into the mediumthat carries the zero-point field, orZPF. (The name derives from the factthat in this field energies prove to bepresent even when all classical forms ofenergy vanish; at the absolute zero oftemperature.) In subsequent unifiedtheories, the roots of all natures fieldsand forces were ascribed to themysterious energy sea known as theunified vacuum.

In the 1960s Paul Dirac showedthat fluctuations in fermion fields

(fields of matter particles) produce apolarization of the ZPF of the vacuum,whereby the vacuum in turn affects theparticles mass, charge, spin, or angularmomentum. At around the same time,Andreei Sakharov proposed thatrelativistic phenomena (the slowingdown of clocks and the shrinking ofyardsticks near the speed of light) arethe result of effects induced in thevacuum due to the shielding of thezero-point field by charged particles.This is a revolutionary idea, since inthis concept the vacuum is more thanrelativity theorys four-dimensionalcontinuum: it is not just the geometryof space-time, but a real physical fieldproducing real physical effects.

The physical interpretation of the

vacuum in terms of the zero-point fieldwas reinforced in the 1970s, when PaulDavis and William Unruh put forward ahypothesis that differentiates betweenuniform and accelerated motion in thezero-point field. Uniform motionwould not disturb the ZPF, leaving itisotropic (the same in all directions),whereas accelerated motion wouldproduce a thermal radiation that breaksopen the fields all directionalsymmetry.

Harold Puthoff, Bernard Haisch,and collaborators produced asophisticated theory according to whichthe inertial force, the gravitationalforce, and even mass are consequencesof the the interaction of chargedparticles with the ZPF. Puthoff alsonoted that electrons orbiting atomicnuclei constantly radiate energy, so thatthey would move progressively closerto the given nucleus were it not that the

quantum of energy they absorb fromthe vacuum offsets the energy lost dueto their orbital motion.

Even the stability of our planet inits orbit around the Sun derives fromvacuum-energy inputs. As Earthpursues its orbital path, it losesmomentum; given a constant loss ofmomentum, the gravitational field ofthe Sun in the absence of an influxenergy from the ZPF would over

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come the centrifugal force that pushesEarth around its orbit and Earth wouldspiral into the Sun. This means that inaddition to inertia, gravity, and mass,the very stability of both atoms andsolar systems is due to interaction withthe zero-point fieldof the vacuum.

Although much remains to bediscovered about the quantum vacuum,it is already clear that it is a superdensecosmic medium. It carries light, andall the universal forces of nature.Pressure waves may propagate throughit, traversing the universe from one endto the other. This is the finding of theGerman mathematical physicistHartmut Mueller, who claims that theobserved dimension of all entities, fromatoms to galaxies, is determined by

interaction with density-pressure wavespropagating in the vacuum. Accordingto his global scaling theory, theuniverse is dimensionally limited: onthe lower end of the dimensionalhorizons, matter density is the greatest,and on the upper end it is the least.This is due to vacuum-based pressurewaves. Because the universe is finite,at the critical dimension points thewaves determine physical interactionsby sett ing the value of the gravitational,

the electromagnetic, and the strong andweak nuclear forces. By means ofresonance they amplify some vibrationsand repress others; they are thusresponsible for the distribution ofmatter throughout the cosmos.1

A field that transports light (that is,waves of photons) and density-pressurewaves, and replenishes the energy lostby atoms and solar systems, is not anabstract theoretical entity. No wonder

that more and more physicists speak ofthe quantum vacuum as a physicallyreal cosmicplenum.

1 And thus are Karmic Agents. The entire volumecan be examined as a study of Karma from the lastManvantara becoming the dowry of the presentasinherent and universal Law of Nature or, asLaszlo says of the quantum vacuum, it carrieslight, and all the universal forces of nature..

The quantum vacuum, it appears,transports light, energy, pressure, andsound. Could it have a further propertyby means of which correlates separateand possibly distant events? Could itcreate the correlations that make for theamazing coherence of the quantum, ofthe organism, of consciousness andof the whole universe? The vacuumcould indeed have such a property. Itcould be not just a superdense sea ofenergybut also a sea ofinformation.

But could any medium be trulyfrictionless? The answer is yes:supercooled helium is entirelyfrictionless, as the Dutch physicistKammerlingh Onnes discovered in1911. He took helium normally agas and cooled it degree by degree

until it approached the absolute zero oftemperature signified by zero on theKelvin scale. When the temperature ofthe helium reached 4.2 Kelvin, adramatic change occurred. Helium lostits gaseous properties: it became liquid.At the same time, under equal pressure,it became 800 times denser! WhenOnnes cooled this superdense liquidhelium still further, at 2.17 Kelvinanother major change occurred: theliquid helium became superfluid.

Supercooled helium, though it issuperdense, does not resist objectspassing through it. It flows frictionlessthrough cracks and apertures so tinythat nothing else, not even a muchthinner gas, can penetrate them atleast, not without notable friction.

Superfluid helium is a goodanalogy for the superdense and at thesame time frictionless cosmic vacuum.According to John Wheelers

calculations, the energy density of thevacuum is 1094erg per cubic centimeter a stupendous amount that is fargreater than the energy associated withall the matter particles throughout theuniverse. (Matter particles are particlesthat have mass and, as Einsteinsfamous equation tells us, massaccelerated to the square of the velocityof light is equivalent to energy.) The

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fact is that the vacuum is bothsuperfluid and super dense 1muchlike helium near the absolute zero oftemperature. This is a mind-bogglingcombination, for how can something bedenser than anything else and at thesame time more fluid than anythingelse? The vacuum, just likesupercooled helium, may be a mind-boggling medium, but it is not asupernatural one

All things in the universe areimmersed in the superdense yetsuperfluid cosmic vacuum, and allthings produce waves that move thevacuum). These torsion wavespropagate in the vacuum and theyinterfere. The interference patternsthey create integrate the information

carried by the individual vortices. Asthe vortices of individual things merge,the information they carry is notoverwritten, for the waves superposeone on the other. And the superposedwaves are in a sense everywherethroughout the vacuum. This, too, is anatural phenomenon: it is familiar inthe form of holograms.

1 The Secret Doctrine makes some mysteriousstatements about Hydrogen: Now what is that

Spiritual Fire[mentioned in Tabula Smaragdina]?In alchemy it is HYDROGEN, in general; while inesoteric actuality it is the emanation or the Raywhich proceeds from its noumenon, the Dhyan ofthe first Element. Hydrogen is gas only on ourterrestrial plane. But even in chemistryhydrogenwould be the only existing form ofmatter, in our sense of the term,(see Genesis ofthe Elements,by Prof. W. Crookes, p. 21.) and isvery nearly allied to protyle,which is our layam. Itis the father and generator, so to say, or rather theUpadhi(basis), of both AIR and WATER,and is fire,

air and water, in fact: one under three aspects;hence the chemical and alchemical trinity. In theworld of manifestation or matter it is the objectivesymbol and the material emanation from the

subjective and purely spiritual entitative Being inthee region of noumena. Well might GodfreyHiggins have compared Hydrogen to, and evenidentified it with, the TO ON, the One of theGreeks. For as he remarks, Hydrogen is notWater, though it generates it; Hydrogen is not fire,though it manifests or creates it; nor is it Air,though air may be regarded as a product of theunion of Water and Firesince Hydrogen is foundin the aqueous element of the atmosphere.. It isthree in one. (SDII, 105-106)

In a holographic recording created by the interference pattern oftwo light beams there is no one-to-one correspondence between points onthe surface of the object that isrecorded and points in the recordingitself. Holograms carry information ina distributed form, so all theinformation that makes up a hologramis present in every part of it. Thepoints that make up the recording of theobjects surface are present throughoutthe interference patterns recorded onthe photographic plate: in a way, theimage of the object is enfoldedthroughout the plate. As a result, whenany small piece of the plate isilluminated, the full image of the objectappears, though it may be fuzzier thanthe the image resulting fromilluminating the entire plate.

Superposed vacuum-interferencepatterns are natures holograms; theycarry distributed information on all theparticles, and on all the ensembles ofparticles, throughout the reaches ofspace and time. The hypothesis we cannow advance may be daring, but it islogical. The quantum vacuumgenerates the holographic field that is

the memory of the universe.

NONLOCALITY: The EPR Experiment

The EPR experiment the first ofthe revolutionary experiments that provethe nonlocality of the microsphere ofphysical reality was put forward byAlbert Einstein with his colleagues BorisPodolski and Nathan Rosen in 1935. This

thought experiment (so called becauseat the time it could not be empirically.Tested requires that we take two particlesin a so-called singlet state where theirspins cancel out each other to yield a totalspin of zero. We then allow the particlesto separate and travel a finite distance. Ifwe could then measure the spin states ofboth particles, we would know both statesat the same time. Einstein believed that

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this would show that the strangelimitation specified in Heisenbergsprinciple of uncertainty is not a completedescription of physical reality.

When experimental apparatussophisticated enough to test this

possibility could be devised, it turned outthat this is not exactly what happens.Suppose that we measure the spin state ofone of the particlesparticle Aalongsome direction let us say the Z-axis (thepermissible spin states are up or downalong axes x, y, and z). Let us say wefind that this measurement shows the spinto be in the direction up. Because thespins of the particles have to cancel eachother, the spin of particle B must

definitely be down. But the particlesare removed from each other, thisrequirement should not hold, yet it does.Every measurement on one particle yieldsa complementary outcome in themeasurement on the other. It appears thatthe measurement of particle A has aninstantaneous effect on B, causing its spinwave function to collapse into thecomplementary state. The measurementon A does not merely reveal an already

established state of B: it actually producesthat state.

An instantaneous effect propagatesfrom A to B, conveying preciseinformation on what is being measured. Bknows when A is measured, for whatparameter, and with what result, for itassumes its own state accordingly. Anonlocal connection links a and b,

notwithstanding the distance that

separates them. Emperical experimentsperformed in the 1980s byAlain Aspectand collaborators and and repeated byNicolas Gisin in 1997 show that the speedwith which the effect is transmitted ismind-boggling

In Aspects experiments, thecommunication between particles twelvemeters apart was estimated at less thanone billionth of a second, about twenty

times faster than the speed with whichlight travels in empty space, while inGisins experiment, particles tenkilometers apart appeared to be incommunication 20,000 times faster thanthe velocity of light, relativity theoryssupposedly unbreakable speed barrier.

The experiments also show that theconnection between the particles is nottransmitted by conventional meansthrough the measuring apparatus; it isintrinsic to the particles themselves.The particles are entangled; theircorrelation is not sensitive either todistance in space or to difference in time.

SUBSEQUENT EXPERIMENTS HAVEINVOLVED MORE PARTICLES OVER EVER-

LARGER DISTANCES AT THE TIME OFWRITING, UP TO FORTY-ONE KILOMETERS,WITHOUT MODIFYING THESE SURPRISING

RESULTS. IT APPEARS THAT SEPARATIONDOES NOT DIVIDE PARTICLES FROM EACH

OTHEROTHERWISE A MEASUREMENT ONONE WOULD NOT PRODUCE AN EFFECT ON

THE OTHER. IT IS NOT EVEN NECESSARYTHAT THE PARTICLES HAVE ORIGINATED IN

THE SAME QUANTUM STATE, SO THATTHEY ORIGINALLY FORMED ONE SYSTEM.

EXPERIMENTS SHOW THAT ANY TWOPARTICLES, BE THEY ELECTRONS,NEUTRONS , OR PHOTONS, CAN ORIGINATEAT DIFFERENT POINTS IN SPACE AND TIME;If they once come together within thesame system of coordinates, that isenough for them to continue to act as partof the same quantum system even whenthey are In the words of physicist NickHerbert, The essence of nonlocality isunmediated action at-a-distance. . . A

nonlocal interaction links up one locationwith another without crossing space,without decay, and without delay.This linking, according to the quantumtheoretician Henry Stapp, could be themost profound discovery in all ofscience.

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CORRESPONDENCEA Tale of GOLD

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decided to lay special stress on theUpanishads, and, after them, on the worksof Shankara Acharya and Buddha, whilegiving such space to other religions asmight be found advantageous.

The reasons for putting the

Upanishads in the first place were thesetraces of the teachings which havebecome known to us as Theosophy, arefound in the records of all ancientreligions in both hemispheres, butnowhere are these teachings so fully,lucidly and profoundly recorded as in theoldest Upanishads and this is true not onlyof large generalizations, like the doctrinesof rebirth and liberation, but also of thosemore particular and recondite doctrines

which come gradually to the knowledgeof students who follow a special line ofstudy and work. So that, in theUpanishads, we have an invaluable proofof the antiquity and authenticity of bothgeneral and particular doctrines aguarantee at least three thousand yearsold, and, in all probability, very mucholder. And if the Upanishads lend thisinvaluable support to our modernteachings, it is, on the other hand, true,

that without these modern teachings,much that is most profound and ofgreatest value in the Upanishads is hardlyintelligible, so that one may read theordinary translations without gaining anyidea of the meaning, or even the presence,of those particular teachings which wehave spoken of. It was, therefore,necessary to read and translate, theUpanishads, in the light of Theosophy.

Following out this purpose, sevenout of the ten chief Upanishads havealready been translated, and very fullycommented on ; the eighth is in course oftranslation, and a considerable part of ithas already appeared in the OrientalDepartment. The greatest and mostprofound of Upanishads will be translatedin the future, and commented on in thelight of the Upanishads already translated.

Besides this, its most important part,the Oriental Department has containedportions of three of the Buddhist Suttasthree hitherto untranslated works ofShankara Acharya, and a fourth work,already somewhat loosely translated, butonly obtainable with great difficulty.

Other translations have been taken fromthe hymns of Rig Veda, Manus Code, theMahabharata, and the Puranas ; while theMohammedan religion has beenrepresented by a tract on the Sufi adeptsand their precepts, here for the first timetranslated into English, and the extremelyinteresting Mussulman traditions of Issaor Jesus, which show the son ofMariain as a master-magician andteacher of pure morality.

Various essays on Oriental subjectshave been added; amongst them shortaccounts of the scholars who brought thesacred books and ancient languages of theeast to the west, and this series willshortly be completed.

C. J.1

THEBOOKOFTHEGREAT

DECEASE.

MAHAPARINIBBANA

SUTTA.

No.14(ConcludedfromNo.13,June,1893.)CHAPTERIII.

VERSES13.NowtheBlessedOne

robedhimselfearlyinthemorning,and

takinghisbowlintherobewentinto

Vesalifor

alms,and

when

he

had

returned

he

sat

downontheseatpreparedforhim,and

afterhehadfinishedeatingthericehe

addressedthevenerableAnandaand

said,Takeupthemat,Ananda;Iwill

gotospendthedayattheChapala

1 Charles Johnston, though a youth, was alreadyregarded as an eminent Sanskritist.ED.,A.T.

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Chetiya.Ananda,assenting,tookup

thematandfollowedstepforstep

behindtheBlessedOne.Andwhenhe

hadcometoVesalihesaidtoAnanda,

Howdelightfulaspot,Ananda,is

VesaliandtheUdenaChetiyaandthe

GotamakaChetiya

and

the

Sattambaka

ChetiyaandtheBahupattaChetiya,and

theSarandadaChetiyaandtheChapala

Chetiya.Ananda,whoeverhasthought

out,developedandpracticed,

accumulatedandascendedtothevery

heightsofthefourpathstoIddhi1andsomasteredthemastobeabletousethem

asameansofmentaladvancementand

asabasis

for

edification,

he,

should

1Note,Iddhimeanspower,asSiddhiinSanskrit.hedesireit,couldremaininthesame

birthforakalpaorforthatportionof

thekalpawhichisyettorun.Nowthe

Tathagatahasthoughtthemoutand

thoroughlypractisedanddeveloped

them,andcouldtherefore,shouldhe

desireit,

live

on

yet

for

akalpa

or

for

thatportionofthekalpawhichhasyet

torun.

Verses46.Buteventhoughsuchan

evidentsuggestionwasthusgivenby

theBlessedOnetoAnanda,thelatter

wasincapableofcomprehendingit,and

hebesoughtnottheBlessedOne,saying,

Vouchsafe,Lord,

to

remain

during

the

kalpa.Liveonthroughthekalpa,O

BlessedOne,forthegoodandhappiness

ofthegreatmultitudes,outofpityfor

theworld,forthegoodandthegainand

thewealofgodsandmen;sofarwas

hisheartpossessedbytheEvilone.A

secondandathirdtimedidtheBlessed

Onesaythesamething,andsofarwas

Anandasheartthushardened.Andthe

BlessedOnesaidtothevenerable

Anandathathemightleavehimawhile,

andAnanda,salutinghim,roseandsat

downatthefootofatreenotfaroff.

Verse710.

Not

long

after

Ananda

hadbeengone,MratheEvilOne

approachedtheBlessedOne,and

standingthereaddressedhim

Passaway,Lord,nowfrom

existence:lettheBlessedOnenowdie,

evenaccordingtothewordwhichthe

BlessedOnespokewhenhesaid,Ishall

notdie,OEvilOne,untilthebrethren

andsisters

and

the

lay

disciples

of

either

sexshallbecometruehearers,wiseand

welltrained,readyandlearned,versed

inthescriptures,fulfillingallthegreater

andthelesserduties,correctinlife,

walkingaccordingtotheprecepts;shall

beabletotellittoothers,preachit,

makeitknown,establishit,openit

minutely,explainitandmakeitclear;

shall,whenothersstartvaindoctrine,be

ableby

the

truth

to

vanquish

and

refute

itandtospreadthewonderworking

truthabroad.Andnow,Lord,allthese

brethrenandsistershavebecomealland

areabletodoallthis.Passaway,

therefore,forthetimehascome,even

accordingtothewordoftheBlessed

Onewhenhesaid,Ishallnotdieuntil

thispurereligionofmineshallhave

becomesuccessful,

prosperous,

widespread,andpopulartoitsfull

extent;until,inaword,itshallhave

beenwellproclaimedtoallmen,forthy

purerreligionhasnowbecomeallthis,

andthetimehascomefortheBlessed

Onetopassaway.

Andwhenhehadthusspoken,the

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BlessedOneaddressedMraandsaid:

OEvilOne,makethyselfhappy;the

finalextinctionoftheTathagatashall

takeplacebeforelong.Attheendof

threemonthsfromthistimethe

Tathagatawilldie.ThustheBlessed

Onewhile

at

Chapala

deliberately

and

consciouslyrejectedtherestofhis

allottedsumoflife.Andonhisso

rejectingittherearoseamighty

earthquakeandthethundersofheaven

burstforth.Andonbeholdingthisthe

BlessedOnesaidthishymnof

exaltation:

HissumoflifetheSagerenounced,

The

causeoflifeimmeasurableorsmall;

With

inwardjoyandcalmhebroke

Like

coatofmailhislifesowncause.

Verses1112.Nowthevenerable

Anandathought:

Wonderful

and

marvellousisthismightyearthquake,

andthatthethundersofheavenshould

burstforth!Whatmaybetheproximate

andremotecauseofthis?Thenhe

wentuptotheBlessedOne,andafter

salutinghimseatedhimselfrespectfully

atonesideandaskedhimwhatwasthe

causeremoteandproximateofthe

earthquake.

Verses1316.Eightarethe

proximateandeighttheremotecauses

fortheappearanceofamighty

earthquake.Whataretheeight?This

greatearthisestablishedonwater,the

wateronwind,andthewindrestson

space.Andwhenthemightywinds

blowtheyshakethemightywaters,and

bythemovingwaterstheearthis

shaken.Thesearethefirstcauses,

proximateandremote.Again,Ananda,

aSamanaoraBrahmanofgreatpower

andwhohasthefeelingsofhisheart

wellunder

control;

or

agod

or

devataof

greatmightandpower;whobyintense

meditationonthefiniteideaofearthor

theinfiniteideaofearthhassucceeded

inrealizingtherealvalueofthings,he

canmakethisearthtrembleandbe

shakenviolently.2Thesearethesecond

causes,proximateandremote.

Again,whenaBodhisattvaconsciously

anddeliberately

leaves

his

temporary

formintheheavenofdelightand

descendsintothewomb,thenthisearth

shakesandtrembles.Thesearethethird

causes.AndwhenaBodhisattva

deliberatelyandconsciouslyquitshis

motherswomb,thenalsodoestheearth

tremble.Thisisthefourthcause.

Verses1720.Again,Ananda,whena

Tathagataarrives

at

the

supreme

and

perfectenlightenment,thentheearth

quakesandtremblesandisviolently

shaken,andthisisthefifthcause.And

whenaTathagatafoundsthesublime

kingdomofrighteousnessistherea

tremblingwhichisthesixthcause.

Again,whenaTathagataconsciously

anddeliberatelyrejectstheremainderof

hislife,

the

earth

quakes,

and

this

is

the

seventhcause.And

1Note,devatameansoneofthenaturesprites.2Note,oneofthefirstpracticesgiventothe

Buddhistdiscipleistomeditateontheearth

bothasanabstractideaandasmereearth.

whenaTathagatapassesentirelyaway

withthatutterpassingawayinwhich

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nothingwhateverisleftbehind,thenis

theearthshakenviolently.Thisisthe

eighthcause.

(ED.Atthispointthereisabreakinconnection

andthenextversecontinuesabruptlywith

anothersubject.Thetranslatorsaysitsuggests

themannerofcomposition.)

Verses2123.Theeightkindsof

assembliesareasfollows:ofnobles,of

Brahmanas,ofhouseholders,Samanas,

theangelhostsofguardianangels,the

greatthirtythree,Mara,andBrahma.

Now,Ananda,IcalltomindthatwhenI

usedtoenterintoanassemblyofmany

hundrednobles,

before

Ihad

seated

myselforbegunconversation,Ibecame

likeuntothemincolorandinvoice.

ThenwithreligiousdiscourseIusedto

instruct,incite,andfillthemwith

gladness.ButtheyknewmenotwhenI

spoke,andwouldsay,Whomaythis

bewhothusspeaks,amanoragod?

Thenhavinginstructedandgladdened

them,Iwouldvanishaway,atwhich

theywondered.Andreferringtoall

theotherkindsofassemblies,the

BlessedOnetoldhowhe,usedtoappear

there,teach,andvanishaway.

Verses2432.Thereareeightpositions

ofmasteryoverthedelusionsarising

fromtheapparentpermanenceofthings.

Whenamanhavingsubjectivelythe

ideaof

form

sees

externally

forms

which

arefinite,pleasant,orunpleasant,and

havingmasteredthemisconsciousthat

heseesandknows,thatisthefirst.And

wheninthesamewayheseesformsthat

areboundless,unpleasant,orpleasant,

mastersthem,andisconsciousthathe

seesandknows,thatisthesecond

position.Whenwithouttheideaofform

subjectively,thesameasaboveisthe

case,thesearethethirdandfourth.

Whenwithouttheideaofformhesees

formsthatareblueincolor,bluein

appearance,andreflectingblueasthe

UmmaflowerorapieceoffineBenares

muslin,and

having

mastered

them

and

isconsciousthatheseesandknows,that

isthefifthposition.Thesixth,seventh,

andeighthpositionsareexplainedin

identicalwordswiththoseforthefifth,

exceptthatyellowissubstitutedwith

redandwhiteforblue,andforthe

UmmafloweraregiventheKarika

flower,theBandhujivaka,andthe

morningstar

as

examples.

Verses3342.Nowthesestagesof

deliverancefromthehindranceof

thoughtarisingfromthesensationsand

ideasduetoexternalformsareeightin

number.

First,amanpossessedwiththeideaof

formseesform.Thesecondis,without

thesubjectiveideaofformheseesform

externally.Becoming

intent

on

what

he

sees,withthethought. Itiswellis

thethirdstage.Bypassingquitebeyond

allideaofform,puttinganendtoall

resistance,payingnoattentiontothe

ideaofdistinction,thinkingItisall

infinitespace,hementallyreachesand

remainsinthatstateofmindinwhich

thatideaaloneispresent,itisthefourth

stage.Passing

beyond

the

last

stage,

thinkingItisallinfinitereason,

reachingandremainingmentallyinthat

stateofmind,isthefifthstage.Passing

quitebeyondthestageofinfinityof

reason,thinkingNothingatallexists,

hereachesmentallyandremainsinthe

stateofwhennothingatallisspecially

present,thisisthesixthstage.The

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seventhisreachedbypassingbeyond

thelaststageandremaininginthestate

towhichneitherideasnortheabsenceis

present.Bypassingquitebeyondthe

stateofneitherideasnortheabsenceof

ideashereachesmentallyandremains

inthe

state

of

mind

in

which

both

sensationsandideashaveceasedtobe

thisistheeighthstageofdeliverance.

Verses4355 Ononeoccasion,

Ananda,Iwasrestingunderthe

shepherdsNogrodatreeonthebanksof

theNerangaraimmediatelyafterhaving

reachedthegreatenlightenment, when

Mara,the

Evil

One,

came

and

addressed

me,sayingthatIshouldpassawayfrom

existence,forwhichthetimehadcome.

ButIaddressedhim,Ananda,andsaid

thatIshouldnotdieuntilnotonlythe

brothersandsistersoftheorderbutall

thelaydiscipleshadbecometrue

believers(hereherepeatswhatis

before).Andnowagaintoday,Ananda,

theEvilOnecametomeandaddressed

mein

the

same

words,

to

which

Ireplied

thathecouldmakehimselfhappy,asI

shoulddieinthreemonths.Thus I

havetoday,attheKapalaChetiya,

consciouslyanddeliberatelyrejectedthe

restofmyallottedtermoflife.And

thenAnandaaddressedtheBlessedOne

andaskedhimtoremainfortherestof

theKalpaforthegoodandhappinessof

theworld,

out

of

pity,

for

the

gain

of

godsandmen.ButtheLordreplied:

Enoughnow,Ananda;beseechnotthe

Tathagata;thetimeformakingsuch

requestispast.

Threetimesinthesamewaydid

Anandarequesthimtoremainonearth,

receivingthesamereply,untilthethird

timewhentheBlessedOneaskedhimif

hehadfaithinthewisdomofthe

Tathagata,andAnandasayinghehad,

theLordaskedhimwhyhehadasked

himtothethirdtime.WhenAnanda

repeatedwhattheBlessedOnehadtold

himof

the

ability

of

aTathagata

to

remainduringtheKalpa,orits

remainingportion,theLordaskedhim

againifhehadfaith,towhichAnanda

replied,Yes.

Then,saidtheBlessedOne,thine

isthefaultinthat,whenasuggestionso

evidentandahintsoclearweregiven

thee,thou

didst

not

comprehend

them

andaskmetoremainasthoujustnow

hast.Ifthoushouldstthenhave

besoughttheTathagata,theappeal

mighthavebeenrejectedtothesecond

time,butatthethirdtimeitwouldhave

beengranted.Thine,therefore,O

Ananda,thineisthefault,thineisthe

offence.

Verses5662.TheTathagatathen

relatedtoAnandahowoncehewas

dwellingatRajagrahaonthebill

VulturesPeakandhadtherespokento

himofitspleasantnessandthentold

himhowaTathagatacould,ifhe

wished,remainintheworldforaKalpa,

andyetthatAnandahadnotaskedhim.

Forthatreason,hesaid,thefaultand

offencewere

Anandas.

He

then

recalled

specificallytoAnandasmemorynine

otheroccasionswhenthesameremarks

hadbeenmadeaboutremaininginthe

world,butthatateachAnandahad

failedtoaskhimtoremain.Alsohowat

Vesalithesamethingtookplaceonfive

differentoccasions,andnowatthevery

place,attheKapalaChetiya,thesame

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words,hadbeenusedandthesamehint

givenwiththesameresult.

Verses6364.ThentheTathagata

remindedAnandahowhehadformerly

declaredittobeintheverynatureof

thingsthat

we

should

divide

ourselves

fromthem,leavethem.Everything

born,broughtintobeing,andorganized,

containswithinitselftheinherent

necessityofdissolution.Andthenhe

saidthathehavingrenouncedmortality

andgivenuphisremainingsumoflife,

itwasimpossiblethattheTathagata

shouldforthesakeoflivingrepentof

thatsaying.

Then

he

requested

Ananda

togowithhimtotheKulagasaHallto

seetheMahavana.Theyproceededthen

totheMahavana,andwhentheyarrived

Anandawassenttoassembleinthe

ServiceHallsuchofthebrethrenas

residedintheneighborhoodofVesali.

Andwhenthebrethrenwereassembled,

AnandasaidtotheBlessedOne,Lord,

theassemblyofthebrethrenhasmet

together.Let

the

Blessed

One

do

even

as

seemethtohimfit.

Verse65.ThentheBlessedOnewent

to,theHall,andseatedonamat

addressedthebrethren.Hetoldthemto

thoroughlymaster,topractise,meditate

upon,andspreadabroadthetruths

perceivedbyhimwhichhehadmade

knownto

them,

so

as

to

cause

the

pure

religiontoremainandbeperpetuated

forthebenefitoftheworld,forthegood

andthegainofgodsandmen.Then

askinghimwhatwerethosetruthsso

givenbyhim,herepeatedthemthus:

Thefourearnestmeditations;

Thefourfoldgreatstruggleagainst

sin;

Thefourroadstosaintship;

Thefivemoralpowers;

Thefiveorgansofspiritualsense;

Thesevenkindsofwisdom;

Thenobleeightfoldpath.

Verse66.Exhortingthebrethrenhe

said:Allcomponentthingsmustgrow

old.Workoutyoursalvationwith

diligence.

ThefinalextinctionoftheTathagatawill

takeplacebeforelong.Attheendof

threemonthsfromthistimethe

Tathagatawilldie.

Myageisnowfullripe,mylifedraws

toitsclose;

Ileaveyou,Idepart,relyingon

myselfalone.

Beearnestthen,OBrethren,holy,full

ofthought.

Besteadfastinresolve.Keepwatch

oeryourownhearts.

Whoweariesnot,butholdsfasttothis

truthand

law.

Shallcrossthisseaoflife,shallmake

anendofgrief.

CHAPTERIV.

Verses14.Earlyinthemorningthe

BlessedOnerobedhimself,andtaking

hisbowlenteredVesaliforalms,and

whenhe

had

passed

through

and

eaten

hismealhegazedatVesaliwithan

elephantlook,11sayingtoAnandait

wouldbethelasttimeheshouldseeit.

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HethenwenttoBhandagama.Therehe

addressedthebrethren,sayingthathe

andtheyhadtogosolongthrough

transmigrationsbecausetheyhadnot

understoodthefourtruthsofnoble

conductoflife,nobleearnestmeditation,

noblewisdom,

noble

salvation

of

freedom.Whenalltheseareknownthe

cravingforexistenceisrootedout,that

whichleadstorebirthisdestroyed,and

thereisnorebirth.There,too,at

BhandagamatheBlessedOne

discoursedofuprightconduct,

contemplation,andintelligence.Great

thefruitandadvantageof

contemplation,of

intellect,

and

of

conductwhensetroundwitheach

other.Thusthemindisfreedfrom

sensuality,individualism,and

ignorance,thegreatevils.

Verses516.Fromtherehewentto

Hathigama,fromtheretoAmbagama,to

Jambugama,toBhojanagara.Atthelast

placeheaddressedthebrethrentoteach

themthe

four

great

References.

The

first

iswhenonesaysthetruthissoandhe

hasthusheardfromtheMaster,hemust

notbescornednorpraised,butwith

calmnesshiswordsaretobecompared

withthescriptureandtherulesofthe

order.Iftheyagree,thenitistobe

accepted

1

ed;iftheydonot,youaretosaythatthe

brotherhaswronglygraspedthewords.

Thesecondiswhenonesayshereceived

itfromacompanyofbrethrenand

elders.Thesamecomparisonistobe

madeasbefore,andifnotacceptedyou

aretosaythatthecompanyofbrethren

andeldershaswronglygraspedthe

truth.Thethirdiswhenonesaysthe

sameastoacompanyofelders,in

whichthesamecourseistobepursued.

Thefourthgreatreferenceiswhenone

sayshe

has

the

truth

from

abrother

well

versedandread,inwhichcasethesame

ruleistobefollowedasintheothers.

Andtheretoohehelda

comprehensivediscourseonconduct

andlifeandintelligenceandmeditation.

HethenwenttoPavawithagreat

companyandstayedinthemangogrove

ofChunda

the

smith,

who

when

he

heardofthearrivalwentandsaluting

theBlessedOnesatdownatoneside.

ThentheBlessedOneinstructed

Chundawithreligiousdiscourse,which

beingended,Chundainvitedhimand

thebrethrenforthenextdaysmeal.By

silencetheBlessedOneconsented,

seeingwhichChundarose,bowed

down,andkeepingtheBlessedOneon

hisright

hand

as

he

passed

him

departedthence.

Verses1723.Attheendofthenight,

Chunda,havingmadereadysweetrice,

cakes,andaquantityofboarsflesh,

announcedthehourandthatthemeal

wasready.TheBlessedOnerobed

himselfearlyandwentwiththe

brethrento

Chundas

house,

and

when

hewasseatedhesaid,Astothedried

boarsfleshyouhavemadeready,serve

mewithit;andastotheotherfood,sweetriceandcakes,servethebrethren

withit.ThisChundadid.Thenthe

BlessedOnesaid,Whateverdried

boarsfleshisleftover,thatburyina

hole.Iseenoone,Chunda,inearth,nor

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inMarasheaven,norBrahmas,no

SamanaorBrahmanaamonggodsor

men,bywhomwhenhehaseatenitthat

foodcanbeassimilated,savebythe

Tathagata.AndChundadidashewas

told.ThentheBlessedOneinstructed

himwith

religious

discourse,

after

whichhedeparted.Thenadiresickness,

dysentery,fellupontheBlessedOne,

evenuntodeath:,butmindfulandself

possessedheboreituncomplainingly.

AfterthathewenttoKusinara.

Verses2432.TheBlessedOnewent

asidefromthepathtothefootofatree,

andwhen

he

was

seated

asked

Ananda

tofetchwater,ashewasthirsty.But

Anandatoldhimthatfivehundredcarts

hadjustgonethroughthestreamlet,

makingitmuddy,andadvisedgoingto

theriverKakutthanotfaroff.Three

timeshedidthis,andthreetimesthe

BlessedOneaskedfordrink.Then

Anandawentandfoundthatthe

streamletwherethecartshadjust

passedand

fouled

was

running

bright

andfree.Howwonderful,how

marvellous,thoughtAnanda,isthe

greatmightandpowerofthe

Tathagata!Andtakingwaterinthe

bowlhereturned,relatingthematterto

hisLord.

Verses3346.AtthattimePukkusa,a

youngMallian,

adisciple

of

Alara

Kalama,passedalongtheroad,and

seeingtheBlessedOnewentuptohim,

saluted,andsatdownThen,aftersaying

howwonderfulitwastobesocalm,

relatedastoryofAlaraKalamasnot

beingdisturbedintheleastbynoteven

seeing,thoughawake,fivehundred

cartsthatpassedhim.TheBlessedOne

askedhimwhichwasthemoredifficult,

todoasAlaraKalamaortodoitwhen

therainwasfallingandbeatingand

thundercrashingaslightningsflashed;

towhichPukkusareplied,thelatterwas

moredifficult.WhereupontheBlessed

Onerelated

how

once

he

was

at

a

threshingfloorinsuchastormwhen

twomenandfouroxenwerekilled,so

thatagreatmultitudeofpeoplecame

whodisturbedhim,andthathehadnot

knownofthestormnorthedeathsofthe

menandwaswhollyundisturbed.At

thisPukkusasaidthathegaveuphis

faithinAlara,andaskedtheBlessed

Oneto

accept

him

as

abeliever.

He

then

presentedapairofrobesofburnished

clothofgoldtotheBlessedOne,who

acceptedthemforhimselfandAnanda,

afterwhichheinstructedPukkusawith

religiousdiscourse.

Verse4756.Notlongafter,Ananda

placedtheburnishedrobeonthebody

oftheBlessedOne,andwhenitwasso

placedit

appeared

to

have

lost

its

splendor,hisskinwassobright,at

whichAnandamarvelled.Thenthe

BlessedOneexplainedthatontwo

occasionsthebodyofaTathagata

becomesexceedinglybright.Thefirstis

whenheattainstosupreme,perfect

enlightenment,andtheotheronthe

nightwhenhepassesfinallyawayin

thatutter

passing

away

which

leaves

nothingwhatevertoremain.Thenhe

saidthatthatday,atthethirdwatchof

thenight,intheUpavattanaofKusinara,

betweenthetwinSalatreesintheSala

groveoftheMallians,hisutterpassing

awaywouldtakeplace.Thentheywent

totheriverwithagreatcompanyof

brethren,wherehebathedanddrank,

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andontheothersidewentuptothe

MangoGrove.Havingcometherehelay

downtorestonhisrightside,onefoot

restingontheother,andcalmandself

possessedhemeditatedontheideaof

risingagain.

Verses5758.ThentheBlessedOne

addressedAnandaandsaidthatitmight

happensomeonewouldstirupremorse

inChundathesmithbysayingthat

whentheTathagatahadeatenhislast

mealwithChundahehaddied,butthat

suchremorseshouldbecheckedby

sayingitwasgoodandgaintothesmith

forthe

reason:

These

two

offerings

of

foodareofequalfruitandprofit,and

morethanothers.First,thatfoodoffered

toaTathagataafterwhichhegains

supremeenlightenment;andsecond,the

offeringoffoodafterwhichhepasses

awaywiththatutterpassingawaythat

leavesnothingwhateverbehind.Thus

Chundahadlaidupgoodkarmafor

lengthoflife,goodbirth,goodfortune,

andheaven.

CHAPTERV.

Verses115.Theythenwenttothe

SalaGroveoftheMalhansontheother

sideoftheriverHiranyavati,witha

greatcompanyofthebrethren,wherehe

laydowntorest.AtthattimetheSala

treeswere

in

full

bloom

out

of

season

withflowerswhichdroppedoverthe

bodyoftheTathagataasthesuccessorof

alltheBuddhas,andheavenlymusic

sounded,withcelestialsongs,outof

reverencetohim:heavenlysandal

powderfellalsofromtheskies.Andthe

BlessedOnesaiditwasforhim,togive

himreverenceassuccessortoallthe

Buddhas.Buthesaidthattherightway

forthebrethrentohonorhimwasnot

thus,butbyfollowinghisteachings,

walkingaccordingtotheprecepts,

fulfillingallthegreaterandlesserduties

oflife.Andwhilehewasthussayingthe

venerableUpavana

was

standing

in

frontofhimfanninghim,whenthe

BlessedOneaskedhimtostandaside.

Anandaaskedwhyhesotoldhim,as

Upavanawasagoodman,longinthe

service.TheBlessedOneexplainedthat

Fortwelveleaguesaroundthegrove

thereisnospotinsizeevenasthe

prickingofthepointofahairwhichis

notpervaded

by

powerful

spirits,

1

and

thosecomplainandsaythatTathagatas

arefewandfarbetween,andnowoneis

todie,andhereisthiseminentbrother

Upavanawhostandsinfrontofthe

Tathagataconcealinghim,sothatinhis

lasthourwecannotseehim.Hesaid

thosespiritswereweeping,astheywere

worldlymindedattheapproaching

deathoftheTathagata,andtheywere

bothof

the

sky

and

the

earth;

but

other

spiritscalmandselfpossessedweptnot,

astheyweremindfulofthesayingthat

allcomponentthingscouldnotlast.

Anandathenexpressedsorrowthat

whentheBlessedOnewasgonethey

couldnomorereceivegoodandgreat

menandthebrethrentoaudience.

1This

is

just

what

the

religious

disputers

in

the

middleagesofEuropediscussed,Howmany

angelscouldstandonaspaceaslargeasthe

prickofaneedlepoint.

Verses1622.TheBlessedOnesaid

thenthattherewerefoursortsofplaces

abelievingmanmightvisitwithfeelings

of

reverence:WheretheTathagatawas

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bornwhereheattainedtosupremeand

perfectenlightenment;whereheseton

footthekingdomofrighteousness;wherehepassedfinallyawaywiththat

utterpassingawaywhichleavesnothing

whatevertoremainbehind.Hesaidthat

tosuch

spots

would

come

believers,

brethrenandsistersoftheorder,

relatingwhattookplacethere;and

thosewhodiedwhilejourneyingto

themwouldbereborninthehappy

realmsofheaven.

Verse23.Howarewetoconduct

ourselves,Lord,withregardto

womankind?

Dontseethem,Ananda.

Butifweshouldseethem,whatare

wetodo?

Abstainfromspeech,Ananda.

Butiftheyshouldspeaktous,Lord,

whatarewetodo?

Keepwideawake,Ananda.

Verses2431. Anandaaskedwhat

wasto

be

done

with

the

remains

of

the

Tathagata,andherepliednottohinder

themselvesbutbezealousintheirown

behalf,totheirowngood,intentonit,as

therewerewisemen,nobles,

householderswhowoulddohonorto

theremains.Astothetreatmentofthe

remains,hesaiditshouldbeaswith

thoseofakingofkings,andthen

describedthat.

They

should

be

wrapped

inanewcloth,thenincottonwool,then

innewcloth,untiltherewerefive

hundredsuccessivelayersofbothkinds.

Thenplacethebodyinanoilvesselof

iron,thattobecoveredwithanotherthe

same.Afuneralpileshouldthenbe

madeofallkindsofperfumes,andthen

allburned.Atthefourcrossroadsa

dagobashouldbeerectedtothe

Tathagataforpeopletoplaceperfumes

andgarlandsfortheirowngood.Then

heenumeratedthefourmenworthyofa

dagoba:ATathagata,aPaccheka

Buddha,atrueheareroftheword,anda

kingof

kings.

Because

at

the

thought

hadbypersonsthatatsuchaplaceisa

dagobaofaTathagata,theywouldbe

calmandhappy,leadingtoagoodstate

inheaven.Andthesamereasonswere

givenfortheothercases.

Verses3244.Thenthevenerable

Anandawentintothetempleandwept

atthe

thought

that

he

was

still

alearner

andthattheMastersokindtohimwas

abouttopassaway.Hisabsencewas

noticedbytheBuddha,whobeingtold

ofhisweepingcalledhim,andAnanda

came,andthentheBlessedOne

comfortedhimandtoldhimhowall

componentthingshadtopassaway,

remindinghimhowsooftenthathad

beentaught.Healsosaidhowoften

Anandahad

been

near

and

done

acts

of

loveforhimnevervaryingandbeyond

measure,thesameinwordandthought

also,andthatifhewasearnesthewould

soonbefreefromallevilsadignorance.

Thenhetoldthebrethrenthatinthe

longpastwhenevertherewasaBuddha

therewereservitorslikeAnanda,andso

itwouldbeinthefuture.Heextolled

Anandaswisdom,

how

he

knew

the

righttimetovisithimselfandletothers

visittheBuddha,andthathehadfour

wonderfulqualities,bringingjoybyhis

presenceandbyhiswords,andpeople

notbeingateaseifheweresilent.

AnandathenremindedtheBuddhathat

itwasnotwelltodieinalittlewattel

town,amerevillagelikeKusinara,as

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thereweremanycitieswheregreat,

good,andnoblemenwoulddohonorto

hisremains.ButtheBlessedOnesaid

thatformerlythattownwasagreatcity

ruledbyMahaSudasannaunderthe

nameofKusavati;thatitwas

prosperous,full

of

people,

and

happy.

Verses4569.TheBlessedOnethen

sentAnandatotheMallasofKusinara

totellthemthatinthelastwatchofthe

nighthewouldfinallypassaway,and

forthemtogivenooccasiontoreproach

themselvesafterwardsiftheydidnot

visithim.AtthattimetheMallaswere

holdingacouncil,

and

Ananda

told

themashewasbid.Whenthepeople

heardittheyweptandbewailedthe

passingawayoftheLightoftheWorld.

Theythenwentinabodytovisitthe

Tathagata,andAnandaarrangeditso

thattheywentingroups,presentingthe

headmentotheBuddha,forfear

otherwiseallthetimewouldbeused.

Andatthesametimeamendicant

namedSubhadda

living

there

heard

the

newsandthoughtthatasTathagatas

seldomcameitwouldbewelltovisit

him,ashehadadoubtwhetherhis

teacherswereright.Sohewenttothe

Salagroveandaskedpermissionof

AnandatoseetheBuddha,butAnanda

refused,astheBlessedOnewasweary.

Buddhaheardtherequestrefusedthree

times,and

then

asked

Ananda

to

admit

theman,whichhedid,astheBuddha

saidSubhaddawouldaskfromadesire

toknowandnottoannoy,andwould

understandtheanswers.

Subhaddabeingadmittedreferredto

manyteachersandaskediftheyhad

rightlycomprehended.Tothisthe

Buddharepliedthatitmightbewaived

astowhethertheyhadorhadnot

understood,andhewouldtellthetruth.

Hethensaidthatinwhateverdoctrine

thenobleeightfoldpathwasnotfound

therewasnotruesaintliness,butwhere

itwasfoundtherewastruesaintliness.

Allother

systems

were

void

of

true

saints.Subhaddawasconvincedand

askedtobetakenintotheorder.The

Buddhatoldhimtherewasafour

monthsprobation,butthatinhiscase

herecognizedadifferenceinpersons.

Subhaddaofferedtogoonprobationfor

fourmonths,buttheBuddhacalled

Anandaanddirectedhimtoreceivethe

mendicantinto

the

order

then.

So

into

thehighergradeoftheorderSubhadda

wastaken,andimmediatelyhe

remainedbyhimself,verysoon

attainingtothesupremegoal.Andhe

wasthelastdiscipletheBlessedOne

himselfconverted.

CHAPTERVI.

VerseI4.TheBlessedOnesaidtoAnandathatinsomethethoughtmight

arisethatthewordoftheMasterwas

endedandtheyhadnoteacher,butthey

shouldnotthinkso,asthetruthsand

rulesoftheorderweretheteacher.

Youngerbrothersmightbeaddressedas

friend,buttheeldersshouldbecalled

LordorVenerableSir.Hesaidtoo

thatthe

lesser

and

minor

precepts

might

beabolishediftheordersowished.And

astoabrothernamedChannahe

directedthatthehigherpenaltyshould

beimposed.Anandathenaskedwhat

thatwas,11andhesaidLetChannasay

11Fromthisitseemsthehigherpenaltyhadnot

been laid down before.

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whateverhemaylike,thebrethren

shouldneitherspeaktohim,norexhort

him,noradmonishhim.

Verses510.Referringtopossible

doubts,theBuddhaaskedthebrethren

tofreely

inquire

so

as

not

to

have

self

reproachafterwards.Thisheaskedthem

threetimes,andeachtimetheywere

silent,andthenheaskedthemtospeak

toeachother,buttheyweresilent,at

whichAnandasaidnoonehadany

doubts.TheBuddhatoldhimhehad

spokenoutoffaith,buthehimselfknew

nonehaddoubtsandthatthemost

backwardhad

been

converted

and

was

sureoffinalbliss.2ThentheBlessedOne

addressedthebrethrenandsaid:

Beholdnow,brethren,Iexhortyou,

saying,Decayisinherentinall

componentthings.Workoutyour

salvationwithdiligence.Thiswasthe

lastwordoftheTathagata.

Verses1121.ThentheBlessedOne

enteredinto

the

first

stage

of

deep

meditation,fromwhichhepassedinto

thesecond,andfromthattothethird,to

thefourth,fromthattowhereinfinityof

spaceonlywaspresent,thentowhere

butinfinityofthoughtwaspresent,then

towherenothingatallwaspresent,and

fromthatintoastatebetween

consciousnessandunconsciousness; and

fromthat

to

where

consciousness

of

sensationsandideashad

2 It is said that this was said to encourage

Anandawhowasthemostbackward.

whollypassedaway.ThenAnandasaid

toAnuruddhathattheBlessedOnewas

dead,butAnuruddharepliedhewas

notdeadbutwasinthestatewhere

sensationsandideashadceasedtobe.

ThentheBlessedOnepassedoutofthat

stateback

to

between

consciousness

and

unconsciousness,fromthattohaving

nothingspeciallypresent,fromthatto

infinityofthoughtalone;passingfrom

thattowheretheinfinityofspacewas

presentalone,heenteredthefourthstate

ofmeditation,fromthattothethird,to

thesecond,tothefirst;backagaintothe

second,tothethird,tothefourth,and

thenhe

immediately

expired.

And

then

therearoseamightyaweinspiring

earthquakewiththunderfromheaven.

BrahmaSahampatiutteredverses,and

Sakkathekingofthegodsrepeated

stanzasondissolution.Soalsodid

Anuruddha,aswellasAnanda.Someof

thebrethrennotyetfreefrompassion

weptandrolledtoandfroinanguish,

butthosewhowerefreesaid,

Impermanentare

all

component

things.

Howisitpossiblethattheyshouldnot

bedissolved?AndAnuruddha

exhortedthemalltothesameeffect,

sayingthateventhespiritswould

reproachthem.Onbeingaskedofthis

heexplaineditinthesamewayas

beforeexplainedbytheMaster.

Verse2241.

The

rest

of

the

night

wasspentinreligiousdiscourse,and

thentheMallaswereinformedofthe

BlessedOnesdeathbyAnandaatthe

councilhallwheretheywereassembled

onthesamematter.Andwhenthey

heardittheyalsowept.Takinggarlands

andmusicandperfumestheywentto

wherethebodyoftheBlessedOnelay,

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andpassedthedayinpayingreverence

toitandinmusicanddancing,making

canopiesandpreparingdecoration

wreaths.Thistheycontinueduntilthe

sixthday.Andontheseventhdaythey

carriedthebodyoutsidebythesouthfor

cremation.Eight

chieftains

bathed

their

headsandputonnewgarments,

intendingtobearthebody,butthey

couldnotliftit.Ofthistheyinquiredof

Anuruddha,whotoldthemthatthe

spiritsdesiredtohavethebodycarried

bythenorthtoenterbythenorthtothe

midstofthecityandthentogooutby

theeasterngatetotheshrineofthe

Mallas,called

Makuta

bandhana

to

the

eastofthecityforcremation.Tothisthe

Mallasconsented,andatoncetherewas

arainofManadaravaflowersfromthe

sky,andthebodywascarriedoutas

directed.Theretheyweretoldwhatto

dowiththeremainsastoldbythe

BlessedOnetoAnanda,allofwhich

theycarriedout.Atthattimevenerable

MahaKassapwascomingfromPava

withfive

hundred

brethren

and

rested

bytheroad,whenanasceticcamealong

theroadwithaMandaravaflowerhe

hadpickedupatKusinara.AndMaha

Kassapaaskedhimifheknewthe

Master,towhichhereplied,Yes,

friend,Iknowhim.ThisdaytheSamana

Gotamahasbeendeadaweek.

Thenthose

brethren

wept

except

thosefreefrompassion.Subhadda,who

hadbeenreceivedintheorderinhisold

age,saidnottoweep,thattheywere

wellridofthegreatSamanaandwould

nolongerbeannoyedbybeingtold

whattodoandnottodo.Nowthey

wouldnotbesoannoyedanymore.

Verse4250.Atthistimethefour

chieftainsoftheMallaswereabouttoset

firetothefuneralpilebutwerenotable

todoso,andtheyaskedAnuruddhathe

reason.Herepliedthatthespiritshad

thepurposeofnotlettingitbelighted

untilMaha

Kassapa

came

with

his

brethren,asnowontheroad.Sothey

waited.MahaKassapathencame,and

placinghisrobeononeshoulderhe

uncoveredthefeetoftheBlessedOne

andworshippedthem,andthefive

hundredbrethrendidthesame.And

whenthehomageofthesebrethrenwas

endedthefuneralpilecaughtfireof

itself.As

the

body

burned

away

neither

sootnorashwasseen.Onlythebones

remainedbehind,andalltheraiment

wasconsumed.Fromtheskyfell

streamsofwaterwhenitwasconsumed

andextinguishedthefire.Andthe

Maliasbroughtscentedwateralsoto

extinguishit.Andtheboneswereplaced

intheMallascouncilhallsurrounded

withalatticeworkofspearsanda

rampartof

bows,

homage

and

respect

beingpaidtothemforsevendays.

Verse5161.Thenthekingof

Maghadaandothersheardthenews

andsentaskingforportionsofthe

remainsfrommanydifferentquarters,

eachenumeratingreasons,somethatas

Buddhawasofthesoldiercastethey

wereentitled

to

them.

When

the

Mallas

hadalltheserequeststheysaidthey

wouldgivenoneaway,ashediedwith

them.ButDonatheBrahmincounselled

them,asBuddhahadpreached

moderation,thatnostrifeoughttoarise

overhim,advisingthateightportionsbe

madesothatineverylandstupasmightarisethatmankindmighttrustthe

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enlightenedone.Tothistheyallagreed,

andDonamadethedivision,askingfor

himselfthevessel.

Verse61.TheMoriyasof

Pipphalivanahavingheardthenewsof

thepassing

away

and

cremation

asked:

TheBlessedOnebelongedtothe

soldiercaste,andwetooareofthat

caste.Weareworthytoreceiveaportion

oftherelics.Overtheremainswewill

erectacairnandwewillcelebratea

feast.Andwhentheyheardthatno

portionoftheremainswasleft,they

tookawaytheembers.

Verse62.AtRajagahaamoundwas

madeovertheremains;atVesali

another;oneatAllakappa;anotherat

Ramagama;oneatVethadipaka;inPava

another;atKusinaraone.Donamade

oneoverthevesselinwhichthebody

wasburnt,andtheMoriyasof

Piphalivanamadeoneovertheembers

andheldafeast.Thuswereeight

moundsmade

over

the

remains,

and

oneforthevesselandoneforthe

embers.

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