Mahaparinibbana Sutta
Discourse on the Great Event of the Passing away of the Buddha

Maha Vagga, Digha Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka

SOURCE: "TEN SUTTAS FROM DIGHA NIKAYA"
BURMA PITAKA ASSOCIATION, 1984

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1. Seven Factors of Non-Decline of Kings and Princes

2. Seven Factors of Non-Decline of Bhikkhus

3. A Second Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline

4. A Third Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline

5. A Fourth Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline

6. A Fifth Set of Seven Factors of Non-Decline

7. Six Factors of Non-Decline of Bhikkhus

8. The Venerable Sariputta's Brave Utterance

9. The Disadvantages to an Immoral Man

10. Advantages Accruing to a Man of Virtue

11. Founding of the (fortified) City of Pataliputta

12. The Four Noble Truths

13. Those who will reach the Higher Levels of Magga Insight

14. Exposition of the 'Mirror of Wisdom'

15. Ambapali, the Courtesan

16. Spending the Vassa at Veluva Village

17. Spoken Signs and Intimations

18. Mara's Request

19. Renunciation of the Life-Sustaining Mental Process

20. Eight Causes of Earthquakes

21. Eight Categories of Assemblies

22. Eight ways of Mastery

23. Eight Stages of Release

24. The Venerable Ananda's Appeal

25. Thirty-Seven Elements of the Perpetuation of the Teaching

26. Looking Back like a Noble Tusker

27. Discourse on Four Great Authorities

28. Account concerning Cunda, the Goldsmith's Son

29. Having Drinking Water Brought

30. Account concerning Pukkusa, the Malla Prince

31. The Twin Sal Trees

32. Upavana the Bhikkhu Elder

33. Four Places Arousing Apprehension of the Nature of Impermanence

34. The Venerable Ananda's Questions

35. Persons Worthy of a Stupa

36. The Venerable Ananda

37. Four Marvellous Qualities of Ananda

38. Former Grandeur of Kusinara

39. Homage by the Malla Princes

40. Subhadda the Wandering Ascetic

41. Last Words of the Tathagata

42. The Buddha's Parinibbana

43. Last Rites for the Remains of the Buddha

44. The Venerable Mahakassapa

45. Distribition of the Relics Raising the Relic-Stupas in Reverence

46. Raising the Relic Stupas in Reverence