Dialogues of the Buddha, Part II — trans. T. W. and C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1910)

2)2,- Now at that time the venerable Gavampati2 used frequently to go for siesta to the empty mansion of the Acacia. And Payasi, now one of the gods, came up to him and, saluting him, stood on one side. To him so standing the venerable Gavampati said : — ' Who art thou, friend ? '

' I, sir, am prince Payasi.'

1 Wert thou not once of the opinion that there was no other world, no rebirth other than of parents, no fruit or result of deeds well or ill-done ? '

[357] ' I was indeed, sir, but through his reverence Kumara Kassapa I detached myself from that evil set of opinions.'

' But the youth Uttara, who objected to thy gift, friend, whereunto has he been reborn ? '

' He, Sir, having objected to my gift, and having himself bestowed a gift thoroughly, with his own hands, with due thought, not as something discarded, has, since he died, been reborn in the bright and happy world, into the communion of the Three-and-Thirty Gods. I, sir, inasmuch as I bestowed my gift without thoroughness, not with my own hand, without due thought, as something discarded, was after my death

1 The guardian spirits of the four quarters. See the Introduction to the Maha-samaya Suttanta.

2 He had been the son of a merchant at Benares ; and had been received into the Order by the Buddha at the very beginning of his career as a teacher (Vin. I, 19). This legend supposes him, still a man, going for meditation to the lower heavens.

->74 XXIII. PAVASI SUTTANTA. D. ii. 357.

reborn into the communion of the Four Great Kings, in the empty mansion of Acacia. Wherefore, Gavampati, Sir, go thou into the world of men and tell them : — " Give ye your gifts with thoroughness, with your own hands, with due thought, and give not as if ye were discarding somewhat. For so did not prince Payasi ; and he after his death was reborn into the communion of the Four Great Kings, in the empty mansion of the Acacia. But the youth Uttara, who bestowed his gifts in the right way, was after his death reborn in the bright and happy world, into the communion of the Three-and-Thirty Gods."

34. So the venerable Gavampati came back to the world of men, and there told these things.

The Payasi Dialogue is ended.

INDEX I.

PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS AND
PROPER NAMES.

Accuta, a fairy, 290.

Ajata-sattu, king of Magadha, 78,

Akanittba, gods, 319.

Ambapali, courtezan, 102-105.

Ambasanda, village in Magadha, 299.

Ananda, 158-160, 177.

Anejaka, fairies, 290.

Anuruddha, 176, 177.

Arahant, 167 ; his qualities compared with those of a Buddha, 2, S8, 89.

Architecture, 210-214.

Ariftj6akas, fairies, 290.

Aryan, truths, the four, 96, 3 37—
345 ; merchants, 92.

Asavas, gods, 291.
Taints, 28.

Assakas, a tribe, 270.

Assatarc Nagas, 289.

Asuras, 289. See Titans.

Babe, visible in the womb, 10.

Bandhuman, raja, father of Vipassi
Buddha, 1 3 ff .

Bali, god, 289.

Bhadda, name of Suriya-vaccasa,
302, 320.

Bharahat Tope, evidence of, 4.

Bharata, king, 270.

Bharatas, the seven, kings, 270.

Bhunjatt, wife of Vessavawa, 305.

Bimbisara, king of Magadha, 238,
240.

Birth, results of, 21, 52; definition of, 338 ; cause of, 51.

Bodhisatta, Wisdom-Being, 1, 2; various changes in the meaning of the term, 3 ; sixteen events at the birth of a, 8-12 ; earthquakes at incarnation of, 116.

Brahma, verses by, 32, 175 ; recites
Patimokkha, 37; portent of,
243, 264; commune with, 272-
275.

Brick Hall, at Nadika, 97, 237, 239.

Buddha, an Awakened One, at first referred to an Arahant, 2 ; afterwards acquired its present technical sense, 2; the Buddha never called himself the B., 2 ; how far a B. can recollect previous births, 4 ; his div'ne hearing, 5 ; the seven Buddhas, details as to, 6, 7; B.'s last meal, 137; modes of addressing a B., 140 ; only one B. at a time, 263.

Buddhism, the Buddha's last summary of, 127-129; description of, 250; result of, 280, 281.

Cairn, burial, four people worthy of, 156; over the Buddha's ashes, 1 87-1 91.

Candana, a god, 288.

Channa, not to be spoken to, 171.

Christianity and Buddhism, 311, 313,
323.

Chunda, a bhikkhu, 147; called
Chundaka, 147.

Chunda, copper-smith, 137 ff., 147,
148.

Citta-sena, a god, 288.

Cloth of gold, 145.

Conversion, two talks leading to,
34-36.

Cosmogony, the inter-world space, 9, 12, 296 ; ten thousand worldsystems, 9, 1 2 ; three worlds of Gods, 9, 12; highest heavens, 39-41, 67.

Council at Rajagaha, 76, 77, 169.

DIALOGUES OF THE BUDDHA.

Courtezan, the converted, 102 ff.

Craving, 339-343-

Cremation, of a king, 155, 182; of the Buddha, i8off. Cries, the ten, 152.