[Buddha-l] yogic fire

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Lance, Fascinating---I knew I could count on you.
Joanna
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> Joanna,
> 
> I think this version is from the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hsien. The story 
> is not found in the Pali Canon, but a similar account is given in the 
> Pali Dhammapada commentary (Dhp-a II 100):
> Aananda knew that his life-span was coming to an end and announced 
> that he would enter parinibbaana in seven days. Inhabitants on the 
> two banks of the river Rohin.ii asked him to do so among them. Both 
> had been his supporters and he feared a quarrel over his relics. So 
> he assembled them on the two banks. When the time came, he seated 
> himself in the air above the river and announced that his body would 
> divide into two parts. He then made a resolve for that to happen and 
> entered meditation on the fire element. Flames arose and his body 
> split into two, alighting on each bank. The multitude lamented.
> 
> Lance Cousins