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| 79. After
45 years of travelling and teaching, the Buddha had reached
his eightieth year. Although his mind was strong, he felt
that his body was getting weaker. He realised that his life
was coming to an end. So he decided to go north to the foothills
of the Himalayas, the region where he was born. He wished
to enter the final nirvana, or freedom from suffering. On
the way north, the Buddha and Ananda stopped in the Bamboo
Grove Village, in the kingdom of Patali. The Buddha decided
to stay there for the rainy season. |
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