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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bambuwathamai" data-source="post: 30854902" data-attributes="member: 547421">Fair enough. You can believe what you want. I will go with this versionIn the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta, Gautama Buddha and a group of bhikkus stay at Cunda's mango grove and are offered by him a meal. The meal consists of sweet rice, cakes and sūkaramaddava, which is translated differently depending on the buddhist tradition. Since the word is composed by sūkara, which means pig, and maddava, which means soft, tender, delicate, two alternatives are possible:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Tender pig or boar meat.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">What is enjoyed by pigs and boars.</li> </ol>In the latter meaning, the term has been thought to refer to a mushroom or truffle, or a yam or tuber. The idea that the Buddha's last meal consisted of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork" target="_blank">pork</a> is generally supported by the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada" target="_blank">Theravada</a> tradition; while that it was a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarian_cuisine" target="_blank">vegetarian dish</a>, by the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana" target="_blank">Mahayana</a> tradition<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunda_Kamm%C4%81raputta" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunda_Kammāraputta</a>Original source -  Buswell, Robert E. Jr.; López, Donald S. Jr. (2014). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press. p. 529</blockquote>

Verification: Hata thunen beduwama keeyada? (60 bedeema thuna)

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