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ing a perfect knowledge of the same in the sense set forth in the sermon, attained 

 together with the eighteen kotiyo of Brahmano the sotapatti* sanctification. 



" In resrard to this circumstance, it has been said (by Buddho himself) : — 



"'I, Go'tomo, of the Sakya dynaety, who had attained omniscience, having accom- 

 plished my destiny, have achieved supreme Buddhohood, and at the prayer of Brahmd- 

 I have proclaimed the supremacy of dhammo ; and unto eighteen kotiyo (of beings) 

 the first stage of sanctification has been vouchsafed.' 



"■ Upon a subsequent occasion on his propounding the Buddhawanso at Kapila- 

 watthu, having discoursed on things passed, in describing the subsequent sanctifica- 

 tion, Bhagawa' has said: ' Subsequently, while I was preaching in an assembly 

 of men and deiod, a number of beings exceeding computation, attained the second 

 sanctification.' 



" In this instance instead of speaking in the future tense, as the second sanctifica- 

 tion had not yet been obtained, he spoke in the passed tense, and was enabled to 

 substitute the past for the future (by his power of inspiration). In future instances 

 we also must place the same construction on his discourses. 



•' And again on the occasion of his propounding the Rdhulawdda suttan, he adminis- 

 tered unto human beings whose number exceeded all computation, the sanctification 

 of the beverage of heaven, which was the third sanctification. 



" In regard to which Buddho himself has said in propounding the Buddhawanso. 

 'In this very place I will offer admonition to my son whereby innumerable living 

 creatures may obtain the third sanctification.' 



" Bhagawa' (during his own ministry) had but one general convocation of his disci- 

 ples ; that convocation consisted of the three Kdssapo, of whom Urewelo was the 

 chieff, and of (their fraternity of) a thousand Jatild, of the two AggasawakaX (chief 

 disciples of Buddho), and of their paternity of two hundred and fifty. Thus it was a 

 congregation of twelve hundred and fifty. Buddho himself has said (in the Buddha- 

 wanso, 'There has been but one convocation of my sanctificed disciples ; that con- 

 gregation consisted of twelve hundred and fifty.' 



" Bhagawa' taking his place in the midst of this assembly (held in the Weluwano 

 edifice at Rajagahan in the first year of his Buddhohood) and at the hour rendered 

 appropriate by the four requisite conjunctions, propounded the Patimokkhan. There- 

 after he explained his own designs in these words. ' I who have become exalted 

 and purified from sins in the midst of this congregation of bhikkhas, bestow upon 

 thee, the whole of the fruits resulting from the realization of my vows, which is 

 like unto the jewel§ which realizes every wish. Let me also, out' of compassion to 

 those who both seek the reward (of nibbanan) and eschew the vices inherent in bhawo 

 (the eternity of transmigratory existence) demonstrate the chatusachchan (four 

 sublime truths)." 



After some verbal commentary the Atthakatha proceeds to make 

 the following- quotations from the Buddhawanso of Sakya's own words. 



' ' Kapilawatthu is my native city. The raja Suddhodano is my father ; and the 

 mother who bore me is called Ma'ya'. Until my twenty-ninth year, I led the life 

 Of a layman, having three palaces called Rammo, Surammo and Sabho. I hac> an es- 

 tablishment of forty thousand accomplished women. Buddhakachana (Yosodora) 

 was my consort, and Ra'hulo was my son. On witnessing the four predictive indi- 

 cations, I departed on horseback. During the six years, I was undergoing my 



11 Sota" is a rushing torrent, " and patti" " arrival at the first stage of sanctifi- 

 cation," the attainment of which inevitably leads to nibbdnan. 

 f The others were Gaya' Ka'ssapo and Nadi Ka'ssapo. 

 X Sa'riputto and Moggala'no. 

 § Analogous to the infatuation regarding the philospher's stone. 



