Parinibbana of Lord Buddha

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English version: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn06-015.html
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Mara the Evil One said to the Buddha: ‘Lord, may the Blessed Lord now attain final Nibbana, may the Well-Farer now attain final Nibbana. Now is the time for the Blessed Lord’s final Nibbana.’

The Buddha replied: ‘You need not worry, Evil One. The Tathagata’s final passing will not be long delayed. Three months from now, the Tathagata will take final Nibbana.’
Ananda cried knowing that Tathagata was about to pass away. The Buddha then uttered:
“Enough, Ananda, do not weep and wail! Have I not already told you that all things that are pleasant and delightful are changeable, subject to separation and becoming other?”
The Buddha spoke his last words, “Now, monks, I declare to you: all conditioned things are of a nature to decay-strive on untiringly.”

Then the Lord entered the first jhana. And leaving that he entered the second, the third, the fourth jhana. Then leaving the fourth jhana he entered the Sphere of Infinite Space, then the Sphere of Infinite Consciousness, then the Sphere of No-Thingness, then the Sphere of Neither-Perception-Nor-Non-Perception, and leaving that he attained the Cessation of Feeling and Perception.

Then the Venerable Ananda said to the Venerable Anuruddha: ‘Venerable Anuruddha, the Lord has passed away.’ ‘No, friend Ananda, the Lord has not passed away, he has attained the Cessation of Feeling and Perception.’

‘Then the Lord, leaving the attainment of the Cessation of Feeling and Perception, entered the Sphere of Neither-Perception-Nor-Non-Perception, from that he entered the Sphere of No-Thingness, the Sphere of Infinite Consciousness, the Sphere of Infinite Space. From the Sphere of Infinite Space he entered the fourth jhana, from there the third, the second and the first jhana. Leaving the first jhana, he entered the second, the third, the fourth jhana. And, leaving the fourth jhana, the Lord finally passed away.’

Source: The Long Discourses of the Buddha. A Translation of the Digha Nikaya. By Maurice Walshe, 1995. [Photo-Kee (taken from a poster)]