Departure of the Perfected One: The Story of the Buddha's Transition from Earth to Nirvana--The Mahaparinibbanasutta

Presenting vivid pictures of Gautama Buddha's life, teaching, suffering, death, and subsequent nirvāṇa, the Mahāparinibbānasutta is a principal Buddhist text. In Hermann Beckh's words, it describes "one of the greatest human beings that ever lived, who stood at the threshold of the super-human--a teacher and leader of humanity."

Prof. Beckh's translation of this important sutta achieved a quality and faithfulness based on decades of extensive study and meditation. From his academic and spir...