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THE BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
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."
