ABSTRACT
When the Exalted One died there arose, at the moment of his passing out of existence, a mighty earthquake, terrible and awe-inspiring : and the thunders of heaven burst forth.
When the Exalted One died, Brahma Sahampati, at the moment of his passing away from existence, uttered this stanza:
When the Exalted One died, Sakka, the ruler of the devas, at the moment of his passing away from existence, uttered this stanza :
When the Exalted One died, the venerable Anuruddha, at the moment of his passing away from existence, uttered these stanzas :
" All resolute, and with unshaken mind, He calmly triumphed o'er the pain of death. E'en as a bright flame dies away, so was The last emancipation of his heart."
