Mahaparinirvana

Around his 81st year, the Buddha gave his final teachings at Vulture Peak in Rajgir before traveling north towards Vaishali and eventually Kushinagar. When the Buddha and his followers arrived at Kushinagar, the Buddha proceeded to a grove of Sala trees. The Buddha asked his disciples thrice if they had any remaining queries concerning his teachings or the rules of discipline. Receiving silence, he gave them the famous exhortation: ‟Impermanence is inherent in all things. Work out your own freedom with diligence.” Kushinagar is the place where the Buddha entered Mahaparinirvana, the ‟great transcendence of suffering”, leaving his earthly body.