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tracted dirt, arid its previous state is changed ; thus it is with 

 the constituent parts of man, nothing remains permanently the 

 same : all things fade away, and are reproduced : and thus his 

 perception of truth enlarged. 



Budha knowing that he had this perception of truth, caused 

 a miraculous vision of himself, seated with his face towards 

 the east, and splendor irradiating from his body, to appear 

 before Chulla Pant'haka, and said, You perceive that through 

 contact with your hands this piece of cloth has become defiled, 

 and the filth remains ; by this you learn that defilement even 

 desire is within you i put that away. He then spake the foh 

 lowing verses ; 



Not onljr is dirt defilement, but lust (or desire) is so also 5 

 Defilement signifies lust. Priests having put away this defile- 

 ment, live in the practise of the undefiled religion. 



[The same is repeated substituting wrath and folly for 

 lust.] 



When Budha had spoken these verses, Chulla Pant'haka 

 became a Rabat, and obtained a knowledge of the three Pitakas. 

 Formerly when he was a king, while walking through the 

 city, he perspired, and wiped his forhead with his pure muslin 

 robe, which, in consequence of it, became defiled 5 he then 

 thought, through this body this unsullied robe has lost its ori- 

 ginal purity, and become defiled : certainly objects are not of 

 permanent continuance : he thus obtained a perception of the 

 impermanence of material forms : it was on this account that 

 the repetition of the words Defilement is contracted ! produced 

 this effect. 



The Kumara Banda J ewika was standing at the right 

 side of Budha when the latter said, Jivaka, are there not other 

 priests in the Monastery ? and covered his bowl with his hand^ 

 Maha Pant'haka replied, Lord ! there are none there. Budha, 



