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II, 7.
ENTERING THE PLACE OF AUSTERITIES.
Also the sprinkling of the butter libations, also the chanting of the mystic prayers, till the sun went down. The prince considering these acts, 534
Could not perceive the right reason of them, and was now desirous to turn and go. Then all those Brahmakârins came together to him to request him to stay; 535
Regarding with reverence the dignity of Bodhisattva, very desirous, they earnestly besought him : * You have come from an irreligious place, to this wood where true religion flourishes, 536
' And yet, now, you wish to go away; we beg you, then, on this account, to stay. All the old Brahmakarins, with their twisted hair and bark clothes, 537
Came following after Bodhisattva, asking him as a god to stay a little while. Bodhisattva seeing these aged ones following him, their bodies worn with macerations, 538
Stood still and rested beneath a tree; and soothing them, urged them to return. Then all the Brahmakarins, young and old, surrounding him, made their request with joined hands : 539
You who have so unexpectedly arrived here, amid these garden glades so full of attraction, why now are you leaving them and going away, to seek perfection in the wilderness ? 540
'As a man loving (long) life, is unwilling to let go his body, so we are even thus; would that you would stop awhile. 541
· The original is het niet Tih; probably my is for #.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |