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attaining his twentieth year was fully ordained priest. Accus- 

 toming himself to meditation, he became a Rahat, and enjoying 

 the pleasures of intellect, he was desirous of introducing his 

 brother Chulla Pant'haka to the same. He accordingly waited 

 on his grand-father, and said, Nobleman, if it meet with your 

 approbation, I will make Chulla Pant'haka a priest. The 

 grand-father consented, and he accordingly initiated him, and 

 subjected him to the observance of the ten precepts ; but the 

 novice Chulla Pant'haka was exceedingly dull, and in four 

 months could not commit to memory the following verse :-r? 



Behold Budha! fragrant as the full blown odoriferous flowers 

 of the red and blue lotus ! Resplendent as the glorious sun in 

 the firmamei^" 



This dulness was the result of his previous conduct : for- 

 merly, in the time of Kassapa Budha, he was a wise priest, 

 but seeing one who was dull and unable to learn, he derided 

 him, and that priest, disheartened by being treated with con- 

 tempt by his superior in wisdom, was not able to make any 

 proficiency. In consequence of this conduct, he himself, being 

 a priest, was unable to commit to memory one part of the verse 

 after the other. After he had endeavoured for four months 

 to learn this verse without success, Maha Pant'haka said to 

 him, Pant'haka, you are not fit for the priesthood : in four 

 months you have not been able to learn this one verse : how 

 then will you be competent to perform the duties of a priest ? 

 Go and live in some other place. Chulla Pant'haka, however, 

 was attached to the priestly life, and did not desire to return 

 to secular business. 



At this time, Maha Pant'haka superintended the provi- 

 sions of the monastery, and Jivaka, the Kumara Banda, 

 brought perfumes and flowers to the garden which he present- 

 ed to Budha. After having heard a discourse delivered by 



