Mahaparinibbanasuttam (DN 16) - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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The Fifth Chapter for Recitation - 185 “Kathaṁ pana Bhante Tathāgatassa sarīre paṭipajjitabban.”-ti “How should we act, reverend Sir, in regard to the Realised One’s body?” “Yathā kho Ānanda Rañño Cakkavattissa sarīre paṭipajjanti, “As you act in regard to the Universal Monarch’s body, evaṁ Tathāgatassa sarīre paṭipajjitabban.”-ti so you should act in regard to the Realised One’s body.” “Kathaṁ pana Bhante Rañño Cakkavattissa sarīre paṭipajjantī?” ti “But how do they act, reverend Sir, in regard to the Universal Monarch’s body?” “Rañño Ānanda Cakkavattissa sarīraṁ ahatena vatthena veṭhenti, “They wrap the Universal Monarch’s body, Ānanda, with clean cloth, ahatena vatthena veṭhetvā vihatena kappāsena veṭhenti, and after wrapping with clean cloth, they wrap with carded cotton, vihatena kappāsena veṭhetvā ahatena vatthena veṭhenti, and after wrapping with carded cotton, they wrap with clean cloth, etenupāyena pañcahi yugasatehi Rañño Cakkavattissa sarīraṁ veṭhetvā by this means after wrapping the Universal Monarch’s body with five-hundred pairs (of cloth and cotton), āyasāya teladoṇiyā pakkhipitvā, aññissā āyasāya doṇiyā paṭikujjetvā, enclosing it in an oil tub made of iron, 217 and enclosing it in another iron tub, sabbagandhānaṁ citakaṁ karitvā, Rañño Cakkavattissa sarīraṁ jhāpenti, and putting it on a scented funeral pyre, they burn the Universal Monarch’s body, cātummahāpathe Rañño Cakkavattissa thūpaṁ karonti. and they build a Shrine for the Universal Monarch at the crossroads. Evaṁ kho Ānanda Rañño Cakkavattissa sarīre paṭipajjanti, So they act in regard to a Universal Monarch’s body, yathā kho Ānanda Rañño Cakkavattissa sarīre paṭipajjanti and as they act in regard to a Universal Monarch’s body evaṁ Tathāgatassa sarīre paṭipajjitabbaṁ, so should they act in regard to a Realised One’s body, 217 The Commentary defines iron as gold here: āyasāyā ti sovaṇṇāya, sovaṇṇañ-hi idha ayasan-ti adhippetaṁ; made of iron means made of gold, because here gold is meant when iron (is said). It may be, as Rhys-Davids believes (p. 155 n.4), that iron was not thought of as being a sufficiently valuable metal by the time the Commentaries were being written. I can find nowhere else where āyasa is defined as gold, and so let the translation as iron stand.
The Fifth Chapter for Recitation - 186 cātummahāpathe Tathāgatassa thūpo kātabbo and a Shrine should be made for the Realised One at the crossroads. Tattha ye mālaṁ vā gandhaṁ vā cuṇṇakaṁ vā āropessanti vā Whoever there prepares flowers, incense, or powder, abhivādessanti vā cittaṁ vā pasādessanti, or worships or establishes confidence in his mind, tesaṁ taṁ bhavissati dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāyā. that will be for their benefit and happiness for a long time. * * * Cattārome Ānanda Thūpārahā. 218 These four (persons), Ānanda, are worthy of a Shrine. Katame cattāro? Which four? Tathāgato Arahaṁ Sammāsambuddho Thūpāraho, A Realised One, a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha is worthy of a Shrine, Paccekasambuddho Thūpāraho, an Individual Sambuddha is worthy of a Shrine, Tathāgatassa sāvako Thūpāraho, a Realised One’s disciple is worthy of a Shrine, 219 Rājā Cakkavattī Thūpāraho. a Universal Monarch is worthy of a Shrine. Kiñc’ Ānanda atthavasaṁ paṭicca Tathāgato Arahaṁ Sammāsambuddho Thūpāraho? And for what reason or cause is a Realised One, a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha worthy of a Shrine? ‘Ayaṁ tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa Thūpo,’ ti (Thinking): ‘This is the Shrine of a Realised One, a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha’, Ānanda bahū janā cittaṁ pasādenti, te tattha cittaṁ pasādetvā, Ānanda, many people purify their mind, and after purifying their mind, 218 cf. Thūpārahasuttaṁ (AN Bk. 4.247). 219 From the Commentary on the next line where a puthujjana monk is mentioned it is clear that a disciple here means one who is a Noble Disciple (Ariyasāvaka).
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