Sources for the Buddha’s Passing

Mettanando, Bhikkhu. “Did Buddha Die of Mesenteric Infarction?” http://www.lankalibrary.com/Bud/buddha_death.htm (web site). Accessed March 27, 2007.

Nanamoli, Bhikkhu, The Life of the Buddha. Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1992.

Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research Editorial Staff. Buddha-Dharma: The Way to Enlightenment (Revised Second Edition). Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2003.

Schumann, H.W. The Historical Buddha: The Times, Life and Teachings of the Founder of Buddhism. New York: Arkana, 1989.

Thomas, Edward J. The Life of Buddha: As Legend and History. Mineola: Dover Publications, Inc., 2000.

Walshe, Maurice, trans. The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya. Boston, Wisdom Publications, 1995.