Dear Frank,

thank you. By pointing out the Chinese and Sanskrit correspondences of the Parinibbana and Mahaparinibbana suttas, you are indirectly stating that accounts of the Buddha's last moments are consistent in various sources. I was looking for a more direct answer, and also asking of any alternative account(s). This is related to my question of the quote "I am still seeking the way."

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, frank wrote:

I understand where you're coming from in terms of trying to keep the list focused on pali, but you did ask an interesting question, and sometimes surveying the tangents will spark someone's memory to come up with the precise detail you were looking for, whereas if everyone is too worried all the time about staying exactly within topic, the tension may prevent their body and mind from loosening up enough to think of a solution.