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MAHÂVAGGA.
7. SELASUTTA.
Keniya, the Galila, invites Buddha with his assembly to take his meals with him on the morrow. Sela, the Brahmana, arrived at that place with his three hundred young men; seeing the preparations he asks what is going on, and is answered that Buddha is expected the next day. On hearing the word 'Buddha,'Sela asks where Buddha lives, goes to him, converses with him, and is converted; so are his followers. So it was heard by me:
At one time Bhagavat wandering about in Arguttarâpa, with a large assembly of Bhikkhus, with 1250 Bhikkhus, went to Åpana, a town in Anguttarâpa.
And Keniya, the ascetic, with matted hair (gatila) heard the following: 'The Samana, the venerable Gotama, the Sakya son, gone out from the family of the Sakyas, wandering about in Anguttarâpa with a large assembly of Bhikkhus, with 1250 Bhikkhus, has reached Åpana, and the following good praising words met the venerable Gotama: “And so he is Bhagavat, the venerable, the perfectly enlightened, endowed with science and works (viggâkarana), the happy, knowing the world, the incomparable, the charioteer of men that are to be subdued, the master, the enlightened of gods and men, the glorious; he teaches this world and the world of gods, of Mâras, of Brahmans, and beings comprising Samanas and Brâhmanas, gods and men, having himself known and seen them face to face; he teaches the Dhamma (which is good in the beginning, in the middle, and in the end, is full of meaning and rich in words, quite complete; he teaches a religious life, and good is the sight of such saints."
Then Keniya, the Gatila, went (to the place) where
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |