________________
314
X, 5, 1.
One among men)-the mind of the one and the mind of the other harmonise in this, that they take delight in dwelling alone in the forest.'
MAHAVAGGA.
5.
1. And the Blessed One, having dwelt at Pârileyyaka as long as he thought fit, went forth to Sâvatthi. Wandering from place to place he came to Sâvatthi. There the Blessed One dwelt at Sâvatthi, in the Getavana, the garden of Anâthapindika. And the lay-devotees of Kosambi thought: 'These venerable Bhikkhus of Kosambi have brought much misfortune to us; worried' by them the Blessed One is gone. Well, let us neither salute the venerable Bhikkhus of Kosambi, nor rise from our seats before them, nor raise our hands before them, nor perform the proper duties towards them, nor honour and esteem and revere and support them, nor give them food when they come on their walks for alms; thus, when they are not honoured, esteemed, revered, supported, and hospitably received by us, they will go away, or return to the world, or propitiate the Blessed One.'
2. Thus the lay-devotees of Kosambt did not salute any more the Bhikkhus of Kosambi, nor did they rise from their seats before them (&c., down to:) nor gave them food when they came on their walks for alms.
Then the Bhikkhus of Kosambt, when they were no more honoured (&c., down to :) and hospitably
1 Ubbâlha; see Gâtaka I, 300, and Mahâvagga III, 9, 1.
Digitized by Google
