‘The end came when the Buddha was in his eightieth year. He
announced that his body was worn out and no longer worth trying
to keep alive.’ (p. 157 in Tibet, by Thubten Jigme Norbu
and Colin M. Turnbull. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1968)
R. Funnell
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