The Discourse about the Great Emancipation
An English translation of one of the longest discourses in the canon, detailing the last year of the Buddha’s life, and his final teachings (Mahāparinibbānasuttaṁ, DN 16)
An English translation of one of the longest discourses in the canon, detailing the last year of the Buddha’s life, and his final teachings (Mahāparinibbānasuttaṁ, DN 16)
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<strong>The</strong> Sixth Chapter for Recitation<br />
Thus <strong>the</strong>re were eight Shrines for <strong>the</strong> bodily relics, <strong>the</strong> Urn Shrine was<br />
<strong>the</strong> ninth, and <strong>the</strong> Ashes Shrine was <strong>the</strong> tenth, and so it was in former<br />
times. 200<br />
200 <strong>The</strong> Commentary says <strong>the</strong>se words were added at <strong>the</strong> 3rd Council. It also<br />
tells how Ven. Mahākassapa later collected most of <strong>the</strong> relics toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />
again and that King Ajātasattu built a shrine for <strong>the</strong>m. This was<br />
rediscovered by King Asoka who had <strong>the</strong>m enshrined in <strong>the</strong> 84,000<br />
monasteries he built throughout Jambudīpa. <strong>The</strong> story is obviously told to<br />
try to reconcile <strong>the</strong> two traditions.<br />
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