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VII, 2, 1.
DISSENSIONS IN THE ORDER.
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"The man who harbours no harsh thoughts within
him, Who cares not whether things are thus or thus, His state of joy, freedom from grief or care, The very gods obtain not to behold !'
2. 1. Now when the Blessed One had stayed at Anupiyà as long as he thought fit, he set out on his journey towards Kosambi. And journeying straight on he arrived in due course at Kosambi, and there, at Kosambi, he stayed at the Ghosita Arâma.
Now the following thought occurred to Devadatta, when he had retired into solitude, and was plunged in meditation : Whom now can I so gain over that, he being well pleased with me, much gain and honour may result to me? And it occurred to him, “Now this prince Agâtasattu is young, and has a lucky future before him. Let me then gain him over; and he being well pleased with me, much gain and honour will result.'
Then Devadatta folded up his sleeping-mat, and set out, fully bowled and robed, for Râgagaha; and in due course he arrived at Râgagaha. Then he laid aside his own form, and took upon himself the form of a child clad in a girdle of snakes, and appeared on the lap of prince Agâtasattu? Then was
1 In the text, for kin nu read kam nu.
This taking upon oneself another shape is not one of the powers of Iddhi included in the first list referred to at note 5, p. 230.
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