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persons say and propound that Ambaḍa Parivrajaka is taking his meals at one hundred houses and he is living at one hundred houses, at the same moment, at Kampilya-pura, Bhagavan ! How is it possible!
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Bhagavana:-Gautama! What the people say about Ambaḍa
is true.
Indrabhūti Gautama:-Bhagavan! How can it be !
Bhagavana-Gautama! Ambaḍa Parivrajaka is very polite and honest. He is constantly doing a fasting of two days. Keeping his face steady towards the Sun, with his arms raised up, he is exposing himself to the heat of the Sun in a standing posture. Closely combined with difficult penance, good intentions, and extremely praise-worthy thought tints, he has destroyed and subdued a large majority of his Karmans and he has attained Vîrya labdhi (acquisition of valour) vaikriya-labdhi (power of changing forms) and he has acquired Avadhi Jnana (Visual Knowledge.) Through the medium of these super-human powers, Ambaḍa Parivrājaka is able to show to the people the miracle that he can assume one hundred forms and that he assumes one hundred forms and he takes his meals at one hundred houses.
Indrabhuti Gautama--Bhagavan! Will Ambaḍa. Parivräjaka take Bhāgavtai Dîksă and become your ascetic-disciple?
Bhagavana--No Quatama! Ambaḍa will not become my disciple. He is well-versed in the philosophy of Jiva, A-jiva, Punya Papa etc. and he will remain a devout householder, throughout his life. He abstains from sthūla himsā (injury to gross animals) sthūla a-satya (gross falsehood) and from sth la a-dattădâna (gross thefts; taking of things not given). He observes celibacy and he leads a cotnented life. During his journey, he does not enter any other river, lake, pond or reservoir of water, except the one he has to pass through on the way.
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