QUESTION: Someone told me that the Buddha died from eating spoiled pork. Is that true?
ANSWER: No it is not. The scriptures mention that the Buddha’s last inca1 consisted of a dish called sukara maddava. The meaning of this term is 110 longer understood but the word sukara means a pig so it may refer to a preparation of pork although it might just as easily refer to a type of vegetable, a pastry or something else. Whatever it was, the mention of this food has led some people to think that eating it caused the Buddha’s death. The Buddha was 80 at the time he passed away and he has been ailing for some time. The reality is that he died of old age.
ANSWER: No it is not. The scriptures mention that the Buddha’s last inca1 consisted of a dish called sukara maddava. The meaning of this term is 110 longer understood but the word sukara means a pig so it may refer to a preparation of pork although it might just as easily refer to a type of vegetable, a pastry or something else. Whatever it was, the mention of this food has led some people to think that eating it caused the Buddha’s death. The Buddha was 80 at the time he passed away and he has been ailing for some time. The reality is that he died of old age.
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