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86 9. THE BUDDHA AND HIS RELATIVES (CONT.) The other Sákya ladies, who received their ordination with her, also attained arahant ...

87 CHAPTER 10 THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS “As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind Even so the wise are not r ...

88 10. THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS law of the Buddha. He entered the order in the early part of the Bud- dha’s m ...

THE BUDDHA AND DEVADATTA 89 By this last wicked act Devadatta became extremely unpopular, and public opinion was so much against ...

90 10. THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS Anáthapióðika The chief supporter of the Buddha was Anáthapióðika the million ...

ANÁTHAPIÓÐIKA 91 “Surely at all times happily doth rest The arahant in whom all fire’s extinct. Who cleaves not to sensuous de ...

92 10. THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS Commenting on the four kinds of bliss a layman may enjoy, the Bud- dha declar ...

ANÁTHAPIÓÐIKA 93 “Lord, it is Sujátá, my daughter-in-law, who lives with us. She is rich and has been brought here from a wealth ...

94 10. THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS Anáthapióðika used to visit the Buddha daily and, finding that peo- ple were ...

VISÁKHÁ 95 “Goodwill and wisdom, mind by method trained, The highest conduct on good morals based, This maketh mortals pure, n ...

96 10. THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS Visákhá, without any particular haste, gracefully proceeded at her usual gait ...

VISÁKHÁ 97 Things should be lent to those who do return them. No article should be lent to those who do not return them. Poor k ...

98 10. THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS They asked him to expel her from the house immediately. The million- aire pac ...

VISÁKHÁ 99 When she explained that she actually did so in order to attend on a mare in travail, the clansmen remarked that their ...

100 10. THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS Visákhá was so generous and so serviceable to the Sangha that once she appro ...

VISÁKHÁ 101 Dealing with the eight qualities that make a woman seek birth in happy states, the Buddha said: “Active, alert to ch ...

102 10. THE BUDDHA’S CHIEF OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS Jìvaka the Fosterling^161 Jìvaka was the celebrated physician of the Buddha. ...

103 CHAPTER 11 THE BUDDHA’S ROYAL PATRONS “A treacherous bog it is, this patronage Of bows and gifts and treats from wealthy fo ...

104 11. THE BUDDHA’S ROYAL PATRONS This happy news of the Buddha’s arrival in the kingdom and his high reputation as an unparall ...

KING BIMBISÁRA 105 successive rainy seasons and three other rainy seasons in this quiet Veÿuvanáráma.^167 After his conversion t ...