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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1And knowledge sprang up in the Blessed One’s mind that A/Ara KalAma had died seven days ago. And the Blessed One thought: « Highly noble was A/fra Kalama. If he had heard my doctrine, he would easily have understood it.’ 3. Then the Blessed One thought: ‘To whom shall I preach the doctrine first? Who will understand this doctrine easily?’ And the Blessed One thought: ‘There is Uddaka Ramaputta!; he is clever, wise, and learned; long since have the eye of his mind been darkened by scarcely any dust. What if I were to preach the doctrine first to Uddaka Ramaputta? He will easily understand this doctrine.’ 4. Then an invisible deity said to the Blessed One: ‘Uddaka Ramaputta has died, Lord, yesterday evening. And knowledge arose in the Blessed One’s mind that Uddaka Ramaputta had died the previous evening. And the Blessed One thought: 1 Avira Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta were the two teachers to whom Gotama had attached himself first after his pabbagg4. See Fausbéll’s Gataka, vol. i. p. 66; Rh. D., Buddhism, p. 34. 90 MAHAVAGGA. I, 6, 8. ‘Highly noble was Uddaka Ramaputta. If he had heard my doctrine, he would easily have understood it.’ 5. Then the Blessed One thought: ‘To whom shall I preach the doctrine first? Who will understand this doctrine easily?’ And the Blessed One thought: ‘The five Bhikkhus! have done many services to me®; they attended on me during the time of my exertions (to attain sanctification by undergoing austerities). What if I were to preach the doctrine first to the five Bhikkhus?’ 6. . Now the Blessed One thought: ‘Where do the five Bhikkhus dwell now?’ And the Blessed One saw by the power of his divine, clear vision, surpassing that of men, that the five Bhikkhus were living at Benares, in the deer park Isipatana*, And the Blessed One, after having remained at Uruvela as long as he thought fit, went forth to Benares. 7. Now Upaka, a man belonging to the Agivaka sect (i.e. the sect of naked ascetics), saw the Blessed One travelling on the road, between Gay4 and the Bodhi tree; and when he saw him, he said to the Blessed One: ‘Your countenance, friend, is serene; your complexion is pure and bright. In whose 1 See about the five companions of Buddha’s self-mortification, in the time before the sambodhi, the Gataka, vol. i. p. 67; Hardy, Manual, p. 165; Rh. D., Buddhism, p. 35. The names of the five Bhikkhus were, Kondaviia, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahan4ma, Assagi. 2 Perhaps instead of kho ’me (=kho ime) we should read kho me. 8 «The Mrigadawa, or Deer Park, is represented by a fine wood, which still covers an area of about half a mile, and extends from the great tower of Dhamek on the north, to the Chaukundi mound on the south.” Cunningham, Arch. Reports, I, p. 107. I, 6,16. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. Qt name, friend, have you retired from the world? Who is your teacher? Whose doctrine do you profess ?’
2Reports, I, p. 107. I, 6,16. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. Qt name, friend, have you retired from the world? Who is your teacher? Whose doctrine do you profess ?’ 8. When Upaka the Agtvaka had spoken thus, the Blessed One addressed him in the following stanzas: ‘I have overcome all foes; I am all-wise ; Iam free from stains in every way; I have left everything ; and have obtained emancipation by the destruction of desire. Having myself gained knowledge, whom should I call my master? I have no teacher; no one is equal to me; in the world of men and of gods no being is like me. I am the holy One in this world, 1 am the highest teacher, I alone am the absolute Sambuddha; I have gained coolness (by the extinction of all passion) and have obtained Nirvaza. To found the Kingdom of Truth I go to the city of the Kasis (Benares); I will beat the drum of the Immortal in the darkness of this world.’ 9. (Upaka replied): ‘You profess then, friend, to be the holy, absolute Gina,’ (Buddha said): ‘Like me are all Ginas who have reached extinction of the Asavas?; I have overcome (gita me) all states of sinfulness ; therefore, Upaka, am I the Gina.’ When he had spoken thus, Upaka the Agtvaka replied: ‘It may be so, friend ;’ shook his head, took another road, and went away. 10. And the Blessed One, wandering from place to place, came to Benares, to the deer park Isipatana, to the place where the five Bhikkhus were. And 1 Gina, or the victorious One, is one of the many appellations common to the founders of the Bauddha and Gaina sects. 2 Sensuality, individuality, delusion, and ignorance (Kama, Bhava, Dis/Ai, and Avigga). 92 MAHAVAGGA. I, 6, 11. the five Bhikkhus saw the Blessed One coming from afar; when they saw him, they concerted with each other, saying, ‘Friends, there comes the samaza Gotama, who lives in abundance, who has given up his exertions, and who has turned to an abundant life. Let us not salute him; nor rise from our seats when he approaches; nor take his bowl and his robe from his hands. But let us put there a seat; if he likes, let him sit down.’ 11. But when the Blessed One gradually approached near unto those five Bhikkhus, the five Bhikkhus kept not their agreement. They went forth to meet the Blessed One; one took his bowl and his robe, another prepared a seat, a third one brought water for the washing of the feet, a foot-stool, and a towel’. Then the Blessed One sat down on the seat they had prepared; and when he was seated, the Blessed One washed his feet. Now they addressed the Blessed One by his name, and with the appellation ‘ Friend.’
3Then the Blessed One sat down on the seat they had prepared; and when he was seated, the Blessed One washed his feet. Now they addressed the Blessed One by his name, and with the appellation ‘ Friend.’ 12. When they spoke to him thus, the Blessed One said to the five Bhikkhus: ‘Do not address, O Bhikkhus, the Tathagata by his name, and with the appellation “Friend.” The Tathagata, O Bhikkhus, is the holy, absolute Sambuddha. Give ear, O Bhikkhus! The immortal (Amata) has been won (by me); I will teach you; to you I preach the doctrine. If you walk in the way I show you, you will, ere long, have penetrated to the truth, having yourselves known it and seen it face to face; and you 1 Buddhaghosa, in a note on Xullavagga II, 1, 1, says that padapt/ha is a stool to put the washed foot on, padakathalika (or padakathalik4?), a stool to put the unwashed foot on, or a cloth to rub the feet with (padaghamsana). I, 6,16. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 93 will live in the possession of that highest goal of the holy life, for the sake of which noble youths fully give up the world and go forth into the houseless state.’ 13. When he had spoken thus, the five monks said to the Blessed One: ‘ By those observances, friend Gotama, by those practices, by those austerities, you have not been able to obtain power surpassing that of men, nor the superiority of full and holy knowledge and insight. How will you now, living in abundance, having given up your exertions, having turned to an abundant life, be able to obtain power surpassing that of men, and the superiority of full and holy knowledge and insight?’ 14. When they had spoken thus, the Blessed One said to the five Bhikkhus: ‘The Tathagata, O Bhikkhus, does not live in abundance, he has not given up exertion, he has not turned to an abundant life. The Tath4gata, O Bhikkhus, is the holy, absolute Sambuddha. Give ear, O Bhikkhus; the immortal has been won (by me); I will teach you, to you I will preach the doctrine. If you walk in the way I show you, you will, ere long, have penetrated to the truth, having yourselves known it and seen it face to face; and you will live in the possession of that highest goal of the holy life, for the sake of which noble youths fully give up the world and go forth into the houseless state.’ 15. And the five Bhikkhus said to the Blessed One a second time (as above). And the Blessed One said to the five Bhikkhus a second time (as above). And the five Bhikkhus said to the Blessed One a third time (as above). 16. When they had spoken thus, the Blessed One ' 04 MAHAVAGGA. I, 6, 17. said to the five Bhikkhus: ‘Do you admit, O Bhikkhus, that I have never spoken to you in this way before this day?’ ‘You have never spoken so, Lord.’ **The Tathagata, O Bhikkhus, is the holy, absolute Sambuddha. Give ear, O Bhikkhus, &c. (as above).’
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1And knowledge sprang up in the Blessed One’s mind that A/Ara KalAma had died seven days ago. And the Blessed One thought: « Highly noble was A/fra Kalama. If he had heard my doctrine, he would easily have understood it.’ 3. Then the Blessed One thought: ‘To whom shall I preach the doctrine first? Who will understand this doctrine easily?’ And the Blessed One thought: ‘There is Uddaka Ramaputta!; he is clever, wise, and learned; long since have the eye of his mind been darkened by scarcely any dust. What if I were to preach the doctrine first to Uddaka Ramaputta? He will easily understand this doctrine.’ 4. Then an invisible deity said to the Blessed One: ‘Uddaka Ramaputta has died, Lord, yesterday evening. And knowledge arose in the Blessed One’s mind that Uddaka Ramaputta had died the previous evening. And the Blessed One thought: 1 Avira Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta were the two teachers to whom Gotama had attached himself first after his pabbagg4. See Fausbéll’s Gataka, vol. i. p. 66; Rh. D., Buddhism, p. 34. 90 MAHAVAGGA. I, 6, 8. ‘Highly noble was Uddaka Ramaputta. If he had heard my doctrine, he would easily have understood it.’ 5. Then the Blessed One thought: ‘To whom shall I preach the doctrine first? Who will understand this doctrine easily?’ And the Blessed One thought: ‘The five Bhikkhus! have done many services to me®; they attended on me during the time of my exertions (to attain sanctification by undergoing austerities). What if I were to preach the doctrine first to the five Bhikkhus?’ 6. . Now the Blessed One thought: ‘Where do the five Bhikkhus dwell now?’ And the Blessed One saw by the power of his divine, clear vision, surpassing that of men, that the five Bhikkhus were living at Benares, in the deer park Isipatana*, And the Blessed One, after having remained at Uruvela as long as he thought fit, went forth to Benares. 7. Now Upaka, a man belonging to the Agivaka sect (i.e. the sect of naked ascetics), saw the Blessed One travelling on the road, between Gay4 and the Bodhi tree; and when he saw him, he said to the Blessed One: ‘Your countenance, friend, is serene; your complexion is pure and bright. In whose 1 See about the five companions of Buddha’s self-mortification, in the time before the sambodhi, the Gataka, vol. i. p. 67; Hardy, Manual, p. 165; Rh. D., Buddhism, p. 35. The names of the five Bhikkhus were, Kondaviia, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahan4ma, Assagi. 2 Perhaps instead of kho ’me (=kho ime) we should read kho me. 8 «The Mrigadawa, or Deer Park, is represented by a fine wood, which still covers an area of about half a mile, and extends from the great tower of Dhamek on the north, to the Chaukundi mound on the south.” Cunningham, Arch. Reports, I, p. 107. I, 6,16. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. Qt name, friend, have you retired from the world? Who is your teacher? Whose doctrine do you profess ?’
2Reports, I, p. 107. I, 6,16. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. Qt name, friend, have you retired from the world? Who is your teacher? Whose doctrine do you profess ?’ 8. When Upaka the Agtvaka had spoken thus, the Blessed One addressed him in the following stanzas: ‘I have overcome all foes; I am all-wise ; Iam free from stains in every way; I have left everything ; and have obtained emancipation by the destruction of desire. Having myself gained knowledge, whom should I call my master? I have no teacher; no one is equal to me; in the world of men and of gods no being is like me. I am the holy One in this world, 1 am the highest teacher, I alone am the absolute Sambuddha; I have gained coolness (by the extinction of all passion) and have obtained Nirvaza. To found the Kingdom of Truth I go to the city of the Kasis (Benares); I will beat the drum of the Immortal in the darkness of this world.’ 9. (Upaka replied): ‘You profess then, friend, to be the holy, absolute Gina,’ (Buddha said): ‘Like me are all Ginas who have reached extinction of the Asavas?; I have overcome (gita me) all states of sinfulness ; therefore, Upaka, am I the Gina.’ When he had spoken thus, Upaka the Agtvaka replied: ‘It may be so, friend ;’ shook his head, took another road, and went away. 10. And the Blessed One, wandering from place to place, came to Benares, to the deer park Isipatana, to the place where the five Bhikkhus were. And 1 Gina, or the victorious One, is one of the many appellations common to the founders of the Bauddha and Gaina sects. 2 Sensuality, individuality, delusion, and ignorance (Kama, Bhava, Dis/Ai, and Avigga). 92 MAHAVAGGA. I, 6, 11. the five Bhikkhus saw the Blessed One coming from afar; when they saw him, they concerted with each other, saying, ‘Friends, there comes the samaza Gotama, who lives in abundance, who has given up his exertions, and who has turned to an abundant life. Let us not salute him; nor rise from our seats when he approaches; nor take his bowl and his robe from his hands. But let us put there a seat; if he likes, let him sit down.’ 11. But when the Blessed One gradually approached near unto those five Bhikkhus, the five Bhikkhus kept not their agreement. They went forth to meet the Blessed One; one took his bowl and his robe, another prepared a seat, a third one brought water for the washing of the feet, a foot-stool, and a towel’. Then the Blessed One sat down on the seat they had prepared; and when he was seated, the Blessed One washed his feet. Now they addressed the Blessed One by his name, and with the appellation ‘ Friend.’
3Then the Blessed One sat down on the seat they had prepared; and when he was seated, the Blessed One washed his feet. Now they addressed the Blessed One by his name, and with the appellation ‘ Friend.’ 12. When they spoke to him thus, the Blessed One said to the five Bhikkhus: ‘Do not address, O Bhikkhus, the Tathagata by his name, and with the appellation “Friend.” The Tathagata, O Bhikkhus, is the holy, absolute Sambuddha. Give ear, O Bhikkhus! The immortal (Amata) has been won (by me); I will teach you; to you I preach the doctrine. If you walk in the way I show you, you will, ere long, have penetrated to the truth, having yourselves known it and seen it face to face; and you 1 Buddhaghosa, in a note on Xullavagga II, 1, 1, says that padapt/ha is a stool to put the washed foot on, padakathalika (or padakathalik4?), a stool to put the unwashed foot on, or a cloth to rub the feet with (padaghamsana). I, 6,16. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 93 will live in the possession of that highest goal of the holy life, for the sake of which noble youths fully give up the world and go forth into the houseless state.’ 13. When he had spoken thus, the five monks said to the Blessed One: ‘ By those observances, friend Gotama, by those practices, by those austerities, you have not been able to obtain power surpassing that of men, nor the superiority of full and holy knowledge and insight. How will you now, living in abundance, having given up your exertions, having turned to an abundant life, be able to obtain power surpassing that of men, and the superiority of full and holy knowledge and insight?’ 14. When they had spoken thus, the Blessed One said to the five Bhikkhus: ‘The Tathagata, O Bhikkhus, does not live in abundance, he has not given up exertion, he has not turned to an abundant life. The Tath4gata, O Bhikkhus, is the holy, absolute Sambuddha. Give ear, O Bhikkhus; the immortal has been won (by me); I will teach you, to you I will preach the doctrine. If you walk in the way I show you, you will, ere long, have penetrated to the truth, having yourselves known it and seen it face to face; and you will live in the possession of that highest goal of the holy life, for the sake of which noble youths fully give up the world and go forth into the houseless state.’ 15. And the five Bhikkhus said to the Blessed One a second time (as above). And the Blessed One said to the five Bhikkhus a second time (as above). And the five Bhikkhus said to the Blessed One a third time (as above). 16. When they had spoken thus, the Blessed One ' 04 MAHAVAGGA. I, 6, 17. said to the five Bhikkhus: ‘Do you admit, O Bhikkhus, that I have never spoken to you in this way before this day?’ ‘You have never spoken so, Lord.’ **The Tathagata, O Bhikkhus, is the holy, absolute Sambuddha. Give ear, O Bhikkhus, &c. (as above).’
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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