Pali Text Society 1987 Volume Xi – K.r Norman (eng)

Pali Text Society 1987

Volume XI

Edited by K.R Norman

Old Bodies Like Carts

In a famous passage in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta the Buddha, feeling old and ill, says to his attendant Ananda according to the PTS edition. 

Mr. and Mrs. Rhys David translate: …and just as a worn-out cart, Ananda, can be kept going only with the help of thongs, so, methinks, the body of the Tathagata can only be kept going by bandaging it up. 

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