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IV, 16. BIMBISÂRA RÂGA BECOMES A DISCIPLE.
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what should be done, ye now have done! and ye may now receive the charity of others. 1298
'Go then through every country, convert those not yet converted; throughout the world that lies burnt up with sorrow, teach everywhere; (instruct) those lacking right instruction ; 1299
'Go, therefore! each one travelling by himself; filled with compassion, go! rescue and receive. I too will go alone, back to yonder Kia-ke’ mountain; 1300
Where there are great Rishis, royal Rishis, Brahman Rishis too, these all dwell there, influencing men according to their schools ; 1301
The Rishi Kåsyapa, enduring pain, reverenced by all the country, making converts too of many, him will I visit and convert.' 1302
Then the sixty Bhikshus respectfully receiving orders to preach, each according to his fore-determined purpose, following his inclination, went thro' every land; 1303
The honour'd of the world went on alone, till he arrived at the Kia-ke mountain, then entering a retired religious dell, he came to where the Rishi Kåsyapa was. 1304
Now this one had a 'fire grot' where he offered sacrifice, where an evil Nâga dwelts, who wandered here and there in search of rest, through mountains and wild places of the earth. 1305
In after time the disciples were not allowed to travel alone, but two and two.
• Gayâsîrsha, or Gayâsîsa in the Páli (Sacred Books of the East, vol. xiii, p. 134).
• The episode here translated is found amongst the Sanchi sculptures. See Tree and Serpent Worship, plate xxiv.
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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 |