“Hear, sirs, a single word from me. Our Buddha’s teaching was acceptance. It would not be good to fight over a share of the supreme individual’s relics. Let us make eight portions, good fellows, rejoicing in unity and harmony. The Moriyas of Pippalivana heard that the Buddha had become fully quenched at Kusinārā. They sent an envoy to the Mallas of Kusinārā: “The Buddha was an aristocrat, and so are we. We too deserve a share of the Buddha’s relics. We will build a monument for them and conduct