Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.s2.7
Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.s2.7
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c8.s2.7
Buddha now goes on to Vesâlî and makes his usual begging excursion through the town. Here Mâra comes to him and calls on him to enter at once into Nirvâna. Buddha repels him, saying, “give thyself no trouble on that score, thou evil one. After a short time the Nirvâna of the Perfect One will be accomplished; three months hence will the Perfect One enter Nirvâna.” And Buddha dismisses the volition which atttached life to himself: earthquakes and thunderings accompany his resolution to enter into Nirvâna.