18 Budhism :-—Laws of the Budhist Priesthood. 



to what sect he belonged, who was his preceptor, and what 

 doctrines he held, he followed him when he left the city, and 

 entering into conversation, said, Friend, your appearance is 

 pleasing, your aspect placid, and your complexion clear: 

 Under whose direction are you a priest? Who is your pre- 

 ceptor? And what doctrines do you hold? The priest re- 

 plied, The Maha Samana of the Sakya race has become a 

 priest, and I am under his direction. Bagawa is my pre- 

 ceptor; and I hold the doctrines taught by him. Sariputto 

 further enquired, What doctrines does that preceptor teach ? 

 What does he declare ? Assaji replied, Friend, I have only 

 recently become a priest, and am not able fully to declare his 

 doctrine: but I will give you a brief account of it. Friend, 

 said Sariputto, be it little or be it much, declare it. Speak 

 that which is important, and I shall understand it; speak 

 explicitly. Assaji then spake the following stanza : 



Whatever things result from causation, those things and 

 their causes are declared by the Tatagato ; and whatever of 

 them may become extinct, that also the Maha Samana makes 

 known. 



Sariputto at once saw that this was the doctrine he had 

 been endeavouring to ascertain. His mind became illumL 

 nated, and perceiving that whatever is produced must also 

 cease to be, he entered the first of the paths leading to Nir- 

 wana. Meeting Moggalano, he related the circumstance, 

 who proposed to join Budha at once. They however de- 

 termined first to converse with their associates; and these 

 agreed to accompany them. They advised their chief, San- 

 jay o, to take the same step; but he declined, and afterwards 

 died of vexation. When Budha saw them and their asso- 

 ciates approaching, he said, The two friends Kolita, (Mogga- 

 lano ) and Upatissa( Sariputto), are coming. These will be 

 my two chief disciples. (Both of them were Brahmins of 

 eminence, and were natives of Eajagaha.) 



