Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study

SR No.: 022804
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 804
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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(and at the great favour he did to him by giving him the begging bow!), that he could not ask the Buddha to take the bowl back. He thought that the Buddha would take the bowl at the staircase, but he did not do that, nor did he take it at the bottom of the staircase, nor in the courtyard. He went on. When the people saw this, they said to Janapada Kalyāni Nandā,
"Behold! The Bhagavān is taking away Prince Nandā. He will separate you from him.
With water dropping from her uncombed hairs which she carelessly held, she went up and shouted from her window,
"Aryaputra! Come back soon".
But the words rebounded and pricked her heart like a javeline. But still the Buddha did not take back the begging bowl from his hand, Out of bashfulness, Nanda too could not utter a word. They come to the lodge, To Nanda he asked,
"Do you like to be a monk"? Out of hesitation he said, "Yes, I like to be a monk". The Leader at once ordered, ''Initiate Nanda into monkhood".
In this manner, on the third day of his arrival at Kapilavastu, Nanda was taken as a monk (37).
On the seventh day, Rāhula's mother dressed and decorated her son and sent him to his father saying,
"My dear son ! In the centre of 20, 000 monks, the man with a golden, excellent complexion is your father. He possessed enormous wealth, but ever since his initiation, this is nowhere to be found. You pray to be given this wealth. Tell him also that you are a prince, and that you would like to be a worldmonarch after you are coronated as a king. For this purpose, wealth is needed. So please give me wealth. The son inherits the wealth of the father".
In the early part of the day, the Buddha, equipped with his begging bowl and cloth, came to Suddhodana's house to beg.