Buddha's Last action

[waimengwan]

I read somewhere that the Buddha removed his robes then laid down and asked his disciples to look at his body. I am guessing that the Buddha wanted his students and future practitioners to know that even a Buddha's form body is subject to decay and impermanence.

Please share if there are other understandings about this. Thanks.

[DAWN]

DN 16
Maha-parinibbana Sutta: The Great Discourse on the Total Unbinding
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html

[Ben]

I read somewhere that the Buddha removed his robes then laid down and asked his disciples to look at his body. I am guessing that the Buddha wanted his students and future practitioners to know that even a Buddha's form body is subject to decay and impermanence.

Please share if there are other understandings about this. Thanks.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to quote from and provide a citation to the text.
kind regards,

Ben

[waimengwan]

I read it here
http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect=article&id=446
And some other place

[Modus.Ponens]

I think there's a mahayana version of the mahaparinibbana sutta.

[daverupa]

That quote isn't attested in the Nikayas. The Buddha never refers to his body as "this holy body" at any time, as happens on that website.