My years are now full ripe, the life span left is short. Departing, I go hence from you, relying on myself alone. Be earnest, then, O bhikkhus, be mindful and of virtue pure! With firm resolve, guard your own mind! Who so untiringly pursues the Dhamma and the Discipline shall go beyond the round of births and make an end of suffering.
"Therefore, Ananda, be islands unto yourselves, refuges unto yourselves, seeking no external refuge; with the Dhamma as your island, the Dhamma as your refuge, seeking no other refuge.
"Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation."
"What causes life, unbounded or confined — his process of becoming — this the Sage Renounces. With inward calm and joy he breaks, as though a coat of mail, his own life's cause."
And the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus, saying: "Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!
This was the last word of the Tathagata.
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http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/lifebuddha/2_31lbud.htm
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.16.1-6.vaji.html
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