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Q. 0. Oils —Note on the Buddhist Golden Booh. 
This is the Noble Truth of Suffering. Birth is suffering; 
u decay is suffering - illness is suffering ; death is suffering. ' Presence of 
objects we hate, is suffering ; Separations from objects we love, is suffer¬ 
ing; not to obtain what we desire, is suffering. Briefly, the fivefold 
clinging to existence is suffering.” 
“ This is the Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering: Thirst, that 
leads to re-birth, accompanied by pleasure and lust, finding its delight 
here and there. 
“ This is the Noble Truth of Cessation of Suffering: it ceases with 
the complete cessation of this thirst—a cessation which consists in the 
absence of every passion,—with the abandoning of this thirst, with the 
doing away with it, with the destruction of desire. 
“ As long as I did not possess this true knowledge and insight into 
the four Noble Truths, so long I knew that I had not yet obtained the 
highest absolute Sambodhi. But since I possessed with perfect purity this 
true knowledge, then I knew that I had obtained the highest universal 
Sambodhi in the world of men and gods. The emancipation of my mind 
cannot be lost: this is my last birth : hence I shall not be born again.” 
Origin of the Great Order of Bhikkhus. 1 
The five Bhikkhus were delighted, and they rejoiced at the words of 
the Blessed One. And when this exposition was propounded, the Ve¬ 
nerable Kaundinya obtained the pure and spotless Eye of the Truth :— 
Whatsoever is subject to the condition of origination, is subject also to 
the condition of cessation. And the Blessed One pronounced this solemn 
utterance: “ Truly, Kaundinya has perceived it ( Annasi ).” Hence the 
Venerable Kaundinya received the name of Annatakondinna (Ajnata- 
kaunclinya, Kaundinya who has perceived the doctrine). He then spoke 
to the Blessed One: “ Lord, let me receive from Thee the Pravrajyd 
and Upasampadd ordinations.” “ Come, 0 Bhikkhus,” said the Blessed 
One, “ well taught is the doctrine : lead a holy life for the sake of the 
complete extinction of suffering.” Thus the Venerable Kaundinya 
received the Upampadd ordination. 
Thus originated the custom of initiating one who has taken the 
Pravrajyd vow of renunciation into the Order of the Perfected, called 
JJpasampadd. The Blessed One was the first to renounce the world and 
to become perfected in Supreme Knowledge, i. e ., Upasampanna. 
Then the four remaining Bhikkhus, having mastered the Truth, 
spoke to the Blessed One; “ Lord, let us receive the Pravrajyd and 
Upasampadd ordinations from the Blessed One.” “ Come, O Bhikkhus,” 
said the Blessed One, “ well taught is the doctrine: lead a holy life for 
1 Mahnvagga T, 0, 29. Ed. 
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