........there
were 4 questions to ask Lord Buddha before he enter Nirvana and one of the last
question as follow below..........
Ananda
went straight to the Buddha’s room. Although he had not washed his face, his
eyes were dry and his nose clean, and he was not nearly as unsightly as when he
had been crying. The Lord Buddha was on the verge of entering Samadhi, and
Ananda had no time to waste. “Buddha?” he said, “World Honored One? I have
questions to ask..............
“The
third question. You have been our Master, but when you enter nirvana who will
our Master be? Will it be the oldest? Great Kasyapa is the oldest. Will it be
someone middle aged? That would be Ajnatakaundinya. If it is to be the very
youngest, I am the youngest, but I can’t be the Master. I can’t do it, Buddha.”
The
Lord Buddha said, “You don’t need to be Master, and neither does
Ajnatakaundinya or Great Kasyapa.”
“Who
will it be then?”
The
Lord Buddha said, “Take the Pratimoksa as your master.” The Pratimoksa is the
Vinaya, the precepts and rules. “Take the precepts as Master.”
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