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English Translation:
“Thus / indeed / Oh monks / to Vipassī / the Bodhisatta / it occurred /
“That what / indeed / present / decay death / it is?
“What conditions / decay death / they are?/
In conclusion, the explanation gave a detail of how Vipassī Buddha
enlightened that:
Because mind and matter extinguished; consciousness extinguished.
Because consciousness extinguished; mind and matter extinguished.
Because mind and matter extinguished; the six senses extinguished.
Because the six senses extinguished; contact extinguished.
Because contact extinguished; feeling extinguished.
Because feeling extinguished; craving extinguished.
Because craving extinguished; attachment extinguished.
Because attachment extinguished; becoming extinguished.
Because becoming extinguished; birth extinguished.
Because birth extinguished; decay, death, grief, lamentation, suffering
displeasure and despair extinguished.
Extinguishment of all aggregated suffering is, because of such.
3. Concerning the religion proclaim, there is the content explaining what all
Buddhas’ realm, all the ordained monks are requested to separate for
helping religion proclaim. There is the saying by the Buddhas
acknowledged by Buddhist monks and lay as follows:
Romanized Pāli:
“Caratha bhikkhave cārikaṃ bahujanahitāya
Bahujanasukhāya lokānukaṃpāya atthāya
Hitāya sukhāya devamanussāṇaṃ”
English Translation:
“Go / Oh monks / go on a journey / for the multitude welfare /
for the multitude happiness / for the world compassion / for welfare /
for support / for happiness / to all gods and men /”
4. The Principal Teaching Explanation is about the last part of the Biography.
The essence of content that should be studied is the Principal Teaching