MAHAPARINIBBANA SUTTA

''For the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra see Nirvana Sutra.''
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The 'Mahaparinibbana Sutta' is a Buddhist sutra in the Digha Nikaya of the Tripitaka. It concerns the end of Gautama Buddha's life.

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★ Vajira, Sister & Francis Story (1998). ''DN 16, Maha-parinibbana Sutta: Last Days of the Buddha''. Available on-line at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/digha/dn16.html.

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★ "Maha-parinibbana Sutta," Translated from the Pali by Sister Vajira & Francis Story

★ "Mahaparinibbana-sutta and Cullavagga," article by Louis Finot, published in the "Indian Historical Quarterly" (8:2, 1932 June 1, pp. 241-46), concerning the Mahaparinibbana Sutta and a related text.

★ "Did Buddha die of mesenteric infarction?" by Ven. Dr. Mettanando Bhikkhu, a Thai monk and former medical doctor, published in the "Bangkok Post" (2000 May 17).