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from that place up to the Brahma world ; the foundations of 

 the world shook and trembled, an unbounded wide spreading 

 and splendid light burst forth, far transcending that of gods 

 or of godlike power. 



Upon this Bagawa gave utterance to his placid emotions, 

 saying, certainly Kondanya understands this, certainly Kon- 

 clanya understands this((?> saoQo&a^ycass^Q.) In consequence 

 of which Kondanya was named Annya Kondanya. 



Kondanya being thus freed from all ignorance and pollution, 

 requested to be admitted as a priest under Goatama and was 

 the first priest of Budha. The other four were not convinced 

 of Goutama's supremacy till some days had elapsed. 



It was my intention to have added some extracts from the 

 Parajika respecting the code of laws for the Priests, but this 

 paper is sufficiently long, so that they must be postponed for 

 the present. 



I shall conclude with a few general observations : Gou- 

 tama's proceedings, as they are stated in these extracts, and 

 as they appear from other discourses, are simple. The son 

 of one of the inferior sovereigns of India, he became disgusted 

 with the general pursuits of the world, abandoned his own 

 home, and as a mendicant ascetic, sought to extinguish his 

 passions and attain wisdom. During six years he performed 

 many painful penances, and so exhausted his strength that at 

 times he was regarded as dead. Finding no advantage from 

 these mortifications, he abandoned them, and adopted a whole- 

 some but frugal diet, and when his health was re-established, 

 retired to solitary meditation at Urawella, He came from 

 his solitude professing that he had, by his own unaided 

 powers, attained to the perfection of wisdom and purity ; that 

 his doctrines were irrefutable, and that he made known the 

 paths by which sorrow could be extinguished through a 

 cessation of existence, and that holiness and wisdom were 



