The East-Tan, the Sa-Mon, Thich-Fa-Hip, translates Sanskrit into Chinese characters Thich Tam-Chau translates Chinese characters into Vietnamese characters XVIII. BUDDHA'S BUDDHA BUDDHA At that time, those who sent the Body of Strength gathered together and said to each other, "Now, how do we cremate the Tathagata's body? When the World-Honored One was about to enter Nirvana, he must have had a testament?" Having said this, they immediately went in and asked Mr. Ananda: "Now that we want to do the cremation of the Tathagata's body, how will this cremation be done, perhaps when the Blessed One is about to enter Nirvana? -The table has a relic, respectfully ask the Venerable to tell us to do it!" Mr. Ananda told the Athletes dispatchers: "The Tathagata passed away the method of cremation for him like the method of cremation of the turning of the holy king!" Mr. Ananda immediately told them all about the Buddha's previous work. The athletes who sent the athletes listened to what Ananda said, Together they bought all the supplies for the cremation. First, they buy a precious and beautiful chariot, carved and decorated; they put the Tathagata's body on that treasure cart, burned incense and scattered flowers, played all kinds of music, praised and praised; in the sound of music, sounding the dharmas: "Suffering, emptiness, impermanence, non-self, impure." At that time, those who sent the Strength, said to Ananda: "Now that the Tathagata has passed into Nirvana, this last offering is very difficult to meet, we would like to invite the Tathagata to stay. Will you come back for seven days and seven nights, and let everyone make offerings so that the gods and humans can be happy forever?" Mr. Ananda brought the request of the athletes dispatched to ask Mr. Anu-la-da. Mr. Anu-la-da replied to Mr. Ananda: "How precious! You give them what they want!” Mr. Ananda told the Athletes: "It is convenient for you to stay in the Buddha's body for seven days and seven nights, and let everyone make offerings! "The athletes who sent the Athletes listened to Ananda's words, their hearts were mixed with sadness and joy, and right in that forest, they prepared all kinds of offerings. After seven days have passed, the Athletes will take fresh, clean cotton and a small, fine cloth to wrap it around the Tathagata's body. Then take the golden coffin to put it inside; In this golden coffin, sprinkled with powdered ox-head incense and precious flowers. Again they put the golden coffin in the silver coffin; put the silver coffin in the bronze coffin; put the bronze coffin in the iron coffin; put the iron coffin on the treasure cart, then play all kinds of music, singing, and praising. The gods in the void sprinkled the Mandala flower, the Maha Mandala flower, the Mantusa flower, the Maha flower, the Mandala flower, and played heavenly music, everything. offering-easy. When the offering is done, the queen will lower the coffins one by one. Then the athletes who sent the Strength said to one another, “Now the seven-day period has sufficed, We should carry the Tathagata's robes around the city to let the people wear their offerings, and then we carry them to the southern city fire altar!" Having said this, together they lifted up the Tathagata's robes, but with all their strength they were unable to lift it. Seeing this, they were all amazed, and for some reason, they brought this matter to them and asked Mr. Ananda: "We all want to carry the Buddha's coffin, go around the city, and then return in. South door. When we went to the place of worshiping the fire-altar, we were exhausted with all our strength and still couldn't carry it, we didn't know what it was. Tell us about it!” Ananda told everyone: "The reason for this is because the gods in the sky want to let the Buddha's coffin go around the city, then come in from the north gate and stop in the middle of the city to rest. , so that the gods, On the occasion of making offerings of everything, then come out from the East gate, go to the Bao-Quan tower, and do the cremation ceremony!" The other Athletes, having heard this, said to one another, "Thus is the will of the gods, we should obey." Immediately, they carried the Buddha's coffin, circled around the city, entered from the North gate, stopped in the middle of the city to let the gods and people make offerings to them, play good music, burn incense, scatter flowers, sing praises. lament. The gods in the sky sprinkled the Mandala flowers, the Maha Mandala flowers, the Mandala flowers, the Maha Manthusa flowers, together with heavenly music, all kinds of offerings. . After finishing the offering, from the east gate of the city, go to the Bao-Quan tower. At that place, the Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhus, the Upasakas, the Upasakas, the Thien, the Long eight feet were moved to mourn and weep, unable to restrain themselves, but together picked them up. burdock and other fragrant woods, piled up. On that pile of wood, Spread beautiful thick silk cloths, hang a large beautiful mosquito net, and cover them. Done, carrying the Buddha's coffin, seven rounds around the pile of fragrant wood; burning incense, scattering flowers, playing all kinds of music; Lifting the Buddha's coffin, put it on a pile of fragrant wood, take good fragrant oil, and sprinkle it all over. At that time, the four sets of them, together with the gods and humans, who loved the brain robe, could not help themselves, and together they took fire and burned it from below. But, the fire did not burn, even burned three times, the wood still did not burn. Everyone did not know the reason, so they asked Mr. Anu-la-da about this matter, "We burned the fragrant wood three times, why didn't it burn?" Ananda replied, "This is possible because the venerable Mahakasyapa (Mahakàsyapa) in the country of Daksoa-na-kyi, heard that the Tathagata was about to enter. Nirvana, the venerable one, and five hundred bhikkhus, returning from that country, wanted to see the Blessed One, so the Blessed One did not let the fire burn!" The people have heard that, It's strange to be very appreciative. At that time, the venerable Maha Kassapa, from the country of Dracula, heard from afar that the Tathagata was about to enter Nirvana in the city of Cuthina. immediately with five hundred bhikkhus, set out to go home. Not far from the city, Venerable-sama was so sick that he was so tired, he sat right on the side of the road and couldn't walk anymore. When the Venerable and the Bhikkhus were sitting under a tree, seeing a non-Buddhist man holding a mandala flower in his hand, Venerable Ka-yapa asked: "Where have you come from?" The other replied, "I'm back from Cuthina!" Venerable Kasyapa again asked: "Do you know that my teacher is an Improviser [32]?" The other man replied, "I know that your great master has been living in the middle of a row of cypress trees in the forest of Sala, in the city of Cuthina, and has already entered Nirvana, and it has been seven days now, and this time is here. where the Bao-Quan tower is about to be cremated; Gods and Humans are crowded, competing for offerings, so there I got this heavenly flower!” The venerable Kāsāyapa heard this, mourned and choked, the Bhikkhus were sad, fainted, and fell to the ground, saying to each other: "Alas, it is so miserable! The eyes of the world are gone!” At that time. Venerable Kashyapa, comforted them: "You should not give birth to such suffering, because the nature of all things is like that! The Tathagata Thien Ton still can't escape, let alone others? You should strive to be far away from the life of suffering! Now get up, go quickly to the place of Bao-quan tower, worship and admire the Buddha's body!" At that time, there were a few other bhikkhus in the assembly, late in renunciation, ignorant fools, and said to each other, "While the Buddha was still in the world, he forbade us, rebuked us, we did not allowed to act freely, now the Buddha has entered Nirvana, so happy!" At that time, Venerable Ca-Diep and the Bhikkhus, headed to the city of Cuthina. Arriving at the Bao-quan tower, seeing the Tathagata's coffin, on the pile of fragrant wood all mourned and cried, circumambulated seven times, then climbed up the fragrant wood pile to the Buddha's coffin, right at his feet, and lamented. - wept bitterly and bowed his head to the Buddha's feet. At that time, the Tathagata's body, in his precious robe, spontaneously protruded his two feet. Venerable Ca-Lettuce seeing that, more compassion, fear. Devas, when everyone saw this strange and rare occurrence, everyone was lamented, born in pain, and loved and regretted. Venerable Kāsāyapa saw a stain on the Buddha's feet, immediately turned around and asked Mr. Ananda: "Why is there such a stain on the Tathagata's feet?" Mr. Ananda replied: "Starting when the Tathagata entered Nirvana, the four assemblies were crowded, then I thought that if the mass of people at the same time approached the Buddha to make offerings, women would be weak at that time. -drowning, inevitably moving forward, I immediately let the Bhikkhunis and the Upasi enter first to the Tathagata's body to worship and make offerings. At that time, a poor Upasi, one hundred years old, saw his wife and daughters, great and small, of the Brahmins, the Sasyas, the affluent, the laymen, the strong. -sister…, brought good incense-flowers, everything was offered to her, she felt sorry for herself, poor, unable to express her heart-wishings; she thought so, more and more compassionate, touched, she reached the Buddha's feet, her mind was too much, she cried profusely, her tears flowed down, dirtying the Buddha's feet like that!" Venerable Ca-Lettuce heard that, brought sorrowful heart, rebuked Mr. Ananda for not knowing how to stop her, to the point of defiling the Buddha's feet like that! The false religious immediately brought incense-flowers and made offerings to the Buddha's robes. Worshiping, praising, the work is done, the Buddha's feet naturally recede. Venerable Ca-Lettuce immediately returned to the ground. And because of the Buddha-power, that pile of fragrant wood spontaneously burst into flames on all four sides, For seven days, that precious robe was completely burned. At that time, the gods rained down, the fire went out, and the men sent the Athletes to collect the Sāli; they took off the thousand pieces of cloth wrapped around the Buddha's body, but in the same stretch, the outside was still the same as before and still wrapped in the Sāli. At that time, the gods in the air, scattering all kinds of precious flowers, together play music, sing, praise, and make offerings to Sāli. Those who came here, along with the Athletes dispatched, put all kinds of offerings. The men who sent the Strongmen immediately brought the golden sparks, picked up Sāli, and placed them on the treasure cart, burned incense, scattered flowers, played all sorts of musical instruments, returned to the city, built a tall building, put the Sāli on the upper floor, guarded against four types of troops, to defend, protect and only allow the Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis to enter and worship and offer all kinds of offerings. but the king and the brahmin, the elder, the layperson, and all the people of the other country, not until earlier. TOAT-WEAT At that time, the people who sent Strength-athletes gathered together to discuss the matter of cremating the Buddha's body. They came to ask Mr. Ananda about this method of cremation, maybe when the Buddha was about to pass away, there would be a form again? Mr. Ananda immediately explained the Buddha's teachings on that method for them to understand. They return, practice as dharma. Then they came again to ask Mr. Ananda to save the Buddha's body for 7 days and 7 nights for everyone to freely make offerings. Mr. Ananda agreed. At the end of 7 days, they put the Buddha's body in four coffins: gold, silver, copper, iron, scattered flowers, sprinkled incense, and closed the lid. Then they carried the Buddha's coffin around the city, entered the North gate, stayed in the middle of the city, then came out from the East gate, went to the Bao-Quan tower, and performed a cremation ceremony. Arriving at the pyrotechnics, finishing preparations, immediately carried the Buddha's coffin, placed it on a pile of fragrant wood, and lit the fire. But, forever the fire still does not burn. Because, Venerable Maha Ka-Diep has not yet returned from the country of Dak-soa-na-kyi. The venerable Ca-Lettuce arrived, harassed the Buddha, climbed up to the place where the Buddha's coffin was placed, bowed at the Buddha's feet, and naturally his feet popped out. The more sympathetic the pseudo-religion, the more human, the very strange. After the ceremony, the Buddha's feet were indented, and the venerable Ca-Lettuce descended, by the Buddha's natural fire-power that burned the four sides of the wood pile. Burned for 7 days, the coffin was completely burned, the rain gods came down to extinguish the fire. They sent the strongmen to collect the sāli and put it in a golden pot, put it on the upper floor of the citadel to make offerings, and cut off 4 types of defense troops, guard-guard, do not let outsiders in. Suddenly his feet popped out. The more sympathetic the pseudo-religion, the more human, the very strange. After the ceremony, the Buddha's feet were indented, and the venerable Ca-Lettuce descended, by the Buddha's natural fire-power that burned the four sides of the wood pile. Burned for 7 days, the coffin was completely burned, the rain gods came down to extinguish the fire. They sent the strongmen to collect the sāli and put it in a golden pot, put it on the upper floor of the citadel to make offerings, and cut off 4 types of defense troops, guard-guard, do not let outsiders in. Suddenly his feet popped out. The more sympathetic the pseudo-religion, the more human, the very strange. After the ceremony, the Buddha's feet were indented, and the venerable Ca-Lettuce descended, by the Buddha's natural fire-power that burned the four sides of the wood pile. Burned for 7 days, the coffin was completely burned, the rain gods came down to extinguish the fire. They sent the strongmen to collect the sāli and put it in a golden pot, put it on the upper floor of the citadel to make offerings, and cut off 4 types of defense troops, guard-guard, do not let outsiders in.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/12/2022.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.