MMW 11 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28-29: Precognition, Stupa, Himalayas

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: David Jordan

Document Summary

At 80-years-old, buddha and ananda and some others go north to. Reach bamboo forest retreat and they stay there and in the village . Buddha gets sick but recovers ananda worried he might die. Buddha tells ananda there is nothing left to teach they must be independent. Buddha tells all his followers in vaishali of his final nirvana. Buddha leads followers to stupa of the skull rest in mango grove p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ided (cid:271)y golds(cid:373)ith"s so(cid:374) (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed junda they celebrate together . Buddha is gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) (cid:862)soft pig(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h gi(cid:448)es hi(cid:373) dyse(cid:374)te(cid:396)y: no one knows what (cid:862)soft pig(cid:863) is (cid:894)(cid:271)u(cid:396)ied afte(cid:396) the feast(cid:895) Buddha heads to kushinagari where he would die. Buddha meets prince pukkasa of malla clan (was a student of arada. Kalama, buddha"s old tea(cid:272)he(cid:396)(cid:895) becomes a follower immediately and gives buddha 2 bolts of golden cloth buddha gives 1 to ananda. Buddha could not go any farther as they cross the rivers near kushinagari.