TMHE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



that, contrary to his vows, the pious 

 Darma fell asleep ! When he awoke, 

 he was so much enraged at himself, 

 that, to prevent the offence to his vows 

 for the future, he got rid of his eye- 

 lids and placed them on the ground. 

 On the following day, returning to 

 his accustomed devotions, he beheld, 

 with amazement, springing up from 

 his eyelids, two small shrubs of an 

 unusual appearance, such as he had 

 never before seen, and of whose quali- 

 ties he was, of course, entirely igno- 

 rant. The saint, however, not being 

 wholly devoid of curiosity or, per- 

 haps, being unusually hungry was 

 prompted to eat of the leaves, and 

 immediately felt within him a won- 

 derful elevation of mind, and a ve- 

 hement desire of divine contempla- 

 tion, with which he acquainted his 



