Returning to the Source ~ 10
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 20 Dec 1974 am |
| location | Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 27min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | SOURCE10 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Sw Ananda Teertha.
- The sutra
- When Teng Yin Feng was about to die he said to the people around him: I have seen monks die sitting and lying, but have any died standing?
- 'Yes, some,' they replied.
- 'How about upside-down?' asked Teng.
- 'No, never such a thing,' they said. So Teng died standing on his head and his clothes also rose up, close to his body.
- It was decided to carry him to the burning ground, but he still stood there without moving. People from far and near gazed with astonishment at the scene.
- His younger sister, a nun, happened to be there. She grumbled at him: When you were alive, you took no notice of laws and customs; and even now you're dead, you're making a nuisance of yourself.
- She then prodded her brother with her finger, and he fell down with a bang. Then they went off to the crematorium.
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