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Some Western Buddhist groups also celebrate Parinirvana Day. | Some Western Buddhist groups also celebrate Parinirvana Day. | ||
===In Buddhist Litrature=== | |||
The ''parinirvana'' of the [[Buddha]] is described in the ''[[Mahaparinibbana Sutta]]''. Because of its attention to detail, this [[Theravada]] ''sutta'', though first committed to writing hundreds of years after his death, has been resorted to as the principal source of reference in most standard studies of the Buddha's life.<ref name="Buddhism">Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Paul Williams, Published by Taylor & Francis, 2005. p. 190</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||