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methodical compositions, stanzas, pleasing words, their revealed 

 births, wonderful doctrines, and dialogues were few ; instruc- 

 tions and discipline were not imparted to the disciples, and 

 the Pati Mokkha (1) was not shewn ; and from the disappear- 

 ance of these Buddho Bhagawas, and from the disappearance 

 of their contemporary disciples, their subsequent followers 

 being of various names, various tribes, various castes, "and 

 various kinds of ascetics, their Brahmachariyas quickly became 

 extinct. As in any way, whatsoever, O Sariputtoo, when flowers 

 of various kinds are placed on a shelf without being strung 

 together, the wind shakes, scatters, and strews them about. 

 What is the cause of that ? Because they are not united by a 

 String. Just so, Sariputtoo, from the disappearance of those 

 Buddho Bhagawas, and the disappearance of the disciples 

 contemporary with those Buddhos, their subsequent followers 

 being of various names, various tribes, various castes, and 

 various kinds of ascetics, their Brahmachariya quickly became 

 extinct. 



These Bhagawas became not weary of declaring, advising 

 perfectly) the hearts of tlieir disciples. O Sariputtoo, at a 

 former time, the Blessed, the Sanctified, the True and Omnis- 

 cient Wessabhu Buddho, in a certain fearful jungle, knowing 

 intimately their hearts, exhorted 1,000 Bhikkhus:— Reason 

 thus ; thus ye must not reason ; thus consider ; thus ye must 

 not consider ; remove this ; being thus situated, remain. Then 

 to Sariputtoo and the 1>000 Bhikkhus who had been thus 

 exhorted and admonished by the Blessed, the Sanctified, the 

 True and Allwise Wessabhu, came deliverance of their hearts 

 from the desire of existence. There, O Sariputtoo, to that 



(1.) Pati Mokkha : — a book in the Wiliiya Pitaka, containing 

 rules on monasticsm. 



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