Produced by ellinora, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) TRÜBNER’S ORIENTAL SERIES. [Illustration] THE LIFE OR LEGEND OF GAUDAMA _THE BUDDHA OF THE BURMESE_. With Annotations. THE WAYS TO NEIBBAN, AND NOTICE ON THE PHONGYIES OR BURMESE MONKS. BY THE RIGHT REVEREND P. BIGANDET, BISHOP OF RAMATHA, VICAR APOSTOLIC OF AVA AND PEGU. _IN TWO VOLUMES._ VOL. II. Fourth Edition. LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD. BROADWAY HOUSE, CARTER LANE, E.C. 1912. _The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved._ Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh CONTENTS. LEGEND OR LIFE OF THE BURMESE BUDDHA, CALLED GAUDAMA. PAGE CHAPTER I. Buddha, being seventy-nine years old, delivers instructions to the Rahans—Preachings in the village of Patalie—Miraculous crossing of the Ganges—Conversion of a courtesan—Sickness of Buddha—His instructions to Ananda—Last moments and death of Thariputra—His eulogium by Buddha—Death of Maukalan—Reflections of Buddha on that event 1 CHAPTER II. Voyage to Wethalie—Last temptation of Manh—Causes of earthquake—New instructions to the Rahans—Last meal of Buddha—His painful distemper—His conversation with one of the Malla Princes—Sign foreshowing Buddha’s coming death—Arrival in the Kootheinaron forest—Buddha lays himself on his couch—Wonders attending that event—Instructions to Ananda—Eulogium of Ananda by Buddha—Conversion of Thoubat—Last words of Buddha to the Rahans—His death 28 CHAPTER III. Stanzas uttered after Buddha’s death—Ananda informs the Malla Princes of Buddha’s demise—Preparations for the funeral—Arrival of Kathaba at the spot where the body was exposed to public veneration—He worships the body—Wonder on that occasion—The burning of the corpse—Partition of the relics made by a Pounha called Dauna—Extraordinary honours paid to the relics by King Adzatathat—Death of that king and of Kathaba 75 CHAPTER IV.