roperty and was totally unbound, his body burned and was consumed so that neither ashes nor soot could be discerned. Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed: The body broke up, perception ceased, feelings went cold1 –all–2 fabrications were stilled, consciousness has come to an end. Notes 1. Following the reading vedanṅ sītibhaviṃsu from the Burmese and Sri Lankan editions. In support of this reading, see MN 140 and Iti 44. The Thai edition reads, vedanṅ-pīti-dahaṃsu: feeling & rapture were burned away. 2. The word "all" here functions as a lamp, modifying both "feelings" and "fabrications." See Ud 1:3, note 1. See also: DN 11 - --> - - - -