16 BudMsm : — Laws of the Bud liist Priesthood. 



refuge in the Sangha. A third time I take refuge in Budha'* 

 I take refuge in Dainnia, I take refuge in the Sangha. I 

 permit priests, admission to the priesthood and to Upasampada, 

 by this thrice taking refuge. 



Budha, having exhorted the new priests to seek by medi- 

 tation and effort the deliverance he had himself obtained, 

 left Benares and went to Uruwela. During his journey, he 

 converted 50 young men who were friends, and admitted 

 them to the priesthood; and some time after his arrival in 

 Uruwela, he succeeded, after performing many miracles, in 

 converting 1000 Jatilas, or ascetics with clotted hair, who 

 were worshippers of Agni, the god of fire. These being men 

 of renown, their conversion produced a great impression. 



He left Uruwela, accompanied by the 1000 Jatilas whom 

 he had ordained priests, and going first to Gayasisan, at 

 length arrived at Kajagaha, the metropolis of Magadha, and 

 resided in a Chetiya (or sacred grove) near the city. 



The king of Magadha, Seniyo Bimbasaro, having heard of 

 his eminence as a teacher, went to the place where Budha 

 was; his (the king's) retinue consisting of 120,000 Brahmins 

 and householders. Budha preached to this multitude, who 

 were all, together with the Sovereign, converted to the. 

 new religion, and entered the first of the paths leading to 

 Mrwana, 



After the discourse was ended, the king observed, that 

 when he was a youth, he had desired .five things, and they 

 were then accomplished. The first, said he, was, that I might 

 be an anointed king: this has been accomplished. The 

 second was, May a Bah at, a supreme Budha, appear in 

 my dominions: this also has been accomplished. The other 

 wishes were, May I visit that Budha ! May I hear, him 

 preach ! May I understand his doctrine ! The whole of 

 these are now fulfilled. Will Bagawa with the priests take 

 their meal to-morrow at my residence. Budha having by his 

 silence intimated his acceptance of the invitation, the king 

 departed and had the necessary preparations made: and on the 



