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## The Scattering of Eager Rejection
The hungry one, accepting those words, went along the path of the one carrying the vessel, eating and becoming filled with the essence of that state. ||4||
This one, however, who held great joy in the teachings of the Buddha, while traveling on the path, developed a most incurable disease in his body. ||5||
Unable to travel with the caravan, he remained on the path. The Buddhists, covering him with a garment of red ochre, departed. ||6||
He, corrupted in his right understanding, due to the disease, went to the state of the five senses. He became a Yaksha, with knowledge of the limits of life, but with a mind obscured by karma. ||7||
What good deeds, what wonders did he do in his previous life, by which he attained this radiant position of a Yaksha? ||8||
Seeing his body covered in red cloth, the one with external vision reflected in his heart thus: ||9||
"By the influence of the monks, I have obtained divine fortune. Therefore, I too have attained greatness in their teachings." ||10||
"Where I, the resident of the banyan tree, am, the monks eat in the monastery. There, I, with my hands adorned with bangles, bracelets, and rings, revealed myself to the Shakyas, giving them sweets and other things. I treated the entire world with respect in the Buddhist teachings." ||11||
**Couplet:**
Those with deceitful minds, intoxicated by the influence of pride, slander the teachings of the Jinas, though they should not. ||13||
Why bother with other philosophies? Embrace the teachings of the Shakyas, where even the gods are always eager to serve. ||14||
Once, some great teachers, masters of knowledge, wandered the earth. They came to the city of Ujjain, full of strength. ||15||
Those radiant ones, through their offerings, informed the Buddhists of the story. They sent two great sages, saying, "Go and teach them." ||16||
When the hand of a god goes out to the monastery of the Buddhists, it should be held and this should be said to the young ones by the elders: ||17||
"Oh, awaken, awaken! Do not be deluded, O best of the hidden! Remember the five prostrations, the path of auspicious conduct." ||18||
Invited by the Buddhists, filled with pride, the two sages entered the monastery. They touched the hand that had come out and it disappeared. ||19||
Holding the hand, they clearly spoke the words of their teacher. At that moment, the Yaksha, hearing this, awakened. ||20||
He thought, "Alas, how shameful! In my own teachings of the Jinas, even though I am knowledgeable, how can I be deluded, attached to the view of the earth?" ||21||
Then, the Yaksha appeared and addressed the Buddhists, his followers, and others, saying loudly, "Listen to my words!" ||22||
"All other philosophies are declared to be false. Only one truth should be known: the teachings of Shri Jinendra. ||23||
"Therefore, abandoning your false views, embrace the teachings of the Jinas. Just as the tip of the finger touches both the sword and liberation, so too..." ||24||
Having said this, he went and bowed to the great teachers, acknowledging his transgression. Reflecting on his sin, he embraced the Jain path and departed. ||25||
Some, like bees drinking nectar, drank in those words, and in the garden of the glorious Jain teachings, they learned the qualities of the worthy ones. ||26||
Hearing the story of the merchant from Saurashtra,