What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada

by Walpola Rahula

Then the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus, saying: ‘Then, Bhikkhus, I address you now: Transient are conditioned things. Try to accomplish your aim with diligence.’ These were the last words of the Tathāgata. (From the Mabāparinibbāna-sutta of the Dīgha-nikāya, Sutta No. 16)