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take refuge in. Buddha, I take refuge in Dhamma, I take refuge 

 in the ISangha. A third time I take refuge in Buddha, I take 

 refuge in Dhamma, I take refuge in the Sangha. I permit, 

 priests, admission to the priesthood and to Upasampada by 

 this thrice taking refuge." 



Buddha, 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 con- 

 verted 50 young men who were friends, and admitted them to 

 the priesthood ; and sometime 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 Grayasisan, at length 

 arrived at Rajagaha, the metropolis of Magadha, and resided 

 in a Chetiya (or sacred grove) near the city 



The king of Magadha, Seniyo Bimbisaro, having heard of 

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

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

 and householders. Buddha 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 Nirwana. 



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 Kahat, a supreme Buddha, appear in my dominions : 

 this also has been accomplished. The other wishes were, May 

 I visit that Buddha! May I hear him preach! May I under- 

 stand his doctrine! The whole of these are now fulfilled. 

 Will Bhagawa, with the priests, take their meal to-morrow at 

 my residence." Buddha having by his silence intimated 



