When the Buddha was about to pass away, Ananda and a number of other disciples wept.
The Buddha said, "Enough, Ananda. Do not allow yourself to be troubled. Do not weep. Have I not already told you it is in the very nature of things that they must pass away? We must be separated from all that is near and dear to us. The foolish man conceives his idea of Self; the wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the Self. Thus the wise man has a right conception of the world. He will conclude that all component things will be dissolved again; but the Truth will always remain.
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