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 56 Too soon has the Teacher passed away! Too soon has the Light of the World gone out!"

And they burned the body of the Buddha, covered with garlands and wreaths; and when the funeral pyre was lit, the sun and moon withdrew their shining, the peaceful streams became torrent-swollen, the forests shook, while flowers and leaves fell upon the ground like scattered rain.

And Devaputta, one of the disciples, said to the multitudes that were gathered round the pyre:

"Behold, the earthly remains of the Enlightened One have been dissolved, but the truth that he taught us lives in our minds."