Buddha Shakyamuni 

12th-17th in Venuvana (-573)

Who wants to buy the body of the beautiful Sirima? [first]

After the 16th Ananda holiday, the Buddha went to Benares (Varanasi) for a while, then went east again, returning to Venuvana in the Rajagaha capital of Magadha. Buddha entered the 17th in Venuvana. In this low, the beautiful young Wanderer named Sirima, his mother with Jievaka physician, died in rajagaha. She was only 25 years old. Her sudden death shocked public opinion in the capital, especially in the aristocracy and elite. Jìvaka invited the Buddha to the cremation ceremony of his ill sister.

Before the shroud, the Buddha told representatives of the government to spread the public to see if anyone wants to buy the body of the beautiful Sirima? No one raised their voices, although the original value was 1000 coins, down to only one. The Buddha said that anyone would want to receive a beautiful body without paying anything. Nobody spoke up. The Buddha said:

- You look that, the body that was attractive and attracted many people, now lying there, no one to come, no one wants to receive even if not pay. The body, whether beautiful or luxurious, despite being well-groomed with delicious food, by splendid clothes, until the end of breath is also subject to decay and disintegration, can not hold anything. Called beautiful, called precious again. You should not cherish the body, but pay attention to cultivating virtue, practicing the noble dharma of the enlightened being out of the suffering of samsara, reaching the pure nirvana. That is true happiness.

Then the Buddha said the following verse:

"Look at that beautiful body,

"Now it's just a painful body,

"A pile of deadly flesh and bones is ruining.

"Although many people are anxious,

"But there is nothing permanent, stable.END=NAM MO AMITABHA BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH GIAC TAM.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA PURELAND=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.14/5/2017.