Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.s2.3

c8.s2.3

Regarding the last months of his life and his last great journey from Râjagaha to Kusinârâ, the place of his death, we possess a detailed account in a Sûtra of the sacred Pâli Canon.[*] The external features of this narrative bear for the most part, though perhaps not in every particular,[†] the stamp of trustworthy tradition; in the utterances and addresses of Buddha, most of which convey a clear or covert intimation of his approaching end, fancy has undoubtedly allowed itself freer range. A portion at any rate of the narrative may here be