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Did the Buddha get poisoned?
The Buddha is said to have died at age 80 between 486-483 B.C. in Kushinagar, lying on a bed under two trees. Some say he died from food poisoning from contaminated pork. Others say he died from eating a poisonous mushroom. His last words reportedly were, “All this decay.
Where did the Buddha go after death?
According to a well-known version, many aeons ago there lived a Brahman named (in some accounts) Sumedha, who realized that life is characterized by suffering and then set out to find a state beyond death. He retired to the mountains, where he became a hermit, practiced meditation, and gained yogic powers.
What were Buddha’s final words?
Let the Dharma and the discipline that I have taught you be your teacher. All individual things pass away. Strive on, untiringly.” These were the Buddha’s last words.
How did the Buddha die?
Binh Anson I. THE SHORT ANSWER The Buddha died of old age, when he was eighty years old. The death was triggered by his body reaction to a dish of wild mushroom.
Did the Buddha die from eating pork?
Many scriptures say that he died from eating “bad pork” (yes, Buddhists can eat meat as long as it is blameless) However, it isn’t known if they mean pork as in pig or pork as in the fungi. The Buddha died of old age, when he was eighty years old. The death was triggered by his body reaction to a dish of wild mushroom.
How old is Buddha Yodfa today?
Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke was born on March 20, 1737 and died on September 7, 1809. Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke would have been 72 years old at the time of death or 278 years old today. What age was The Buddha when he died?
How can we know the last day of the Buddha?
In order to know the last day of the Buddha, we should read books on his life or better still, read the recorded suttas. The best source is the Maha Parinibbana Sutta (Kinh Dda.i Ba’t Nie^’t Ba`n) from the Pali collection of the Digha Nikaya (Tru+o+`ng Bo^.