
The Great Extinguishing: Memories of the Death of Buddha and the Rise of Magadha
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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The Death of Sedarta Gotama
Sedarta gotama's death had a world changing impact on the buddhist world. The ideas and practices that he preached would undergo a series of major changes after his death. His words are recorded to have been his last, but as with all human lives, they are only a distorted ripple of what might actually have happened. This second life reveals much more about those telling stories of ours than they ever do about us.
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