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seventh day after Bhagawa' had obtained Purinibbati, (the said Maha'kassapo) 

 calling to his recollection the following declaration of the aforesaid Subhabdo, 

 who had been ordained in his dotage (which had been addressed to that assem- 

 blage of afflicted priests), viz. : ' Venerables ! enough, mourn not; weep not ; we 

 are happily released from the control of that great Samano*. We have escaped 

 from the calamity of being constantly told, * this is allowable to you : that is not 

 allowable to you.' Now whatever we may wish, that we can do : whatever we 

 do not desire that we may leave undone ;' — and being convinced also that it 

 would be difficult thereafter to convene such an assembly of the priesthood 

 (Maha'kassapo thus meditated) ' such is the posture of affairs !— sinful priests 

 persuading themselves that the doctrines of the divine teacher are extinct, and 

 availing themselves of the co-operation (of others) may without loss of time 

 destroy the Saddhammo. As long as Dhammo can be maintained, the doctrines will 

 as fully prevail as if the divine teacher were still in existence ; for it has been thus 

 said by Bhagawa' himself; ' A'nando ! let the Dhammo and Winayo, which 

 have been propounded to, and impressed on, thee, by me, stand after my demise 

 in the place of thy teacher !' It will be most proper, therefore, that I should hold 

 a convocation on Dhammo and Winayo whereby this S&sanan (religion) 

 might be rendered effective to endure for ages. In as much also as Bhagawa' 

 has said (to me) ' KassapoI thou shalt wear my SanapansuJcul&f robes,' and as 

 in that investiture of robes, an equality (with Buddho) was recognized, and he 

 having added ' B hik Jehus ! by whatever means my object has been gained, and 

 emancipated from the dominion of the passions, and released from the sphere of 

 impiety, I may have arrived at the attainment of the Pathama Jhdnan, the 

 blessed state derived from the beatitude which is free from the influence of pain- 

 ful doubts, and the besetting sins (of the human world) ; by the same means, 

 BhiJcJchus ! Kassapo also is destined to obtain it, and emancipated from the 

 dominion of the passions, &c. is gifted likewise with the power of acquiring the 

 Pathama Jhdnan.' By this procedure, in having exalted me to a position equal 

 to his own, in the attainment, in due order, of the nine Sunapatti, of the six 

 distinct Abhinna, and of the Uttarimanussa Dhammo, he has vouchsafed espe- 

 cially to distinguish me. He has also distinguished me by comparing me, in 

 thought, to the imperturbability of the air though a hand be waved through it ; 

 and in conduct (of increasing grace) like unto the increasing moon. To him 

 what else can constitute an appropriate return ? Assuredly none other. Bha- 

 gawa' therefore, like unto a raja, who with due solemnity confers worldly power 

 on his son, who is to maintain the glory of his race, foreseeing that I was destined 

 to maintain the glory of Saddhammo said, ' He will be that person.' By such 

 an unprecedented act of preference, has he exalted me :' and bearing in mind 

 the reflection, that it was by this pre-eminent token of gratifying distinction that 

 he rewarded him, the venerable Maha'kassapo created in the bhikkhus an earnest 

 desire to hold a convocation on Dhammo, and Winayo. 



Thereafter he assembled the bhikkhus, and delivered an address to them, con- 

 mencing with the words ; — " Beloved 1 on a certain occasion, when with a great 



* Priest, alluding to Buddho. 



f Literally " hempen robes rejected as rubbish," the history of these robes 

 cannot be given in the space of a note. 



