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"Mahā śramaną! It is time to dine. Cooked rice is ready. But why didn't you, turn up yesterday? We
The Buddha had no intention to hide the reasons for which he did not return on the previous day. in clear terms and added,
He stated it
"It is for this that I did not stay there yesterday".
Uruvela Kasyapa realised that the great monk was no ordinary person; he was in possession of great powers. He knew easily in his own mind what was there in the mind of others; but still, thought he,
"He is not as great an Arhat as I am".
The Buddha accepted the food provided by Uruvela Kasyapa and continued to stay on in that forest-strip. Once he got some old clothes and he thought where he should clean them. Sakra, the Indra of the gods, came to know his wishes and dug a tank with his own hands for the Buddha's use. Then he said to him,
"Bhante! You may wash your clothes here".
Immediately thereafter, the Buddha had another thought, 'Where should I strike them to make the clean'?
At once, Sakra placed a big slab of stone for his use. The Buddha then had a third thought in his mind: "With what support shall I get down into the tank"? At once Sakra provided a branch of a kakudha tree.
And the Buddha thought again,
"Where shall I spread them to dry"?
Having known his mind, Såkra, the Indra of the gods, placed another big slab of stone for his use. The night was, over. Uruvela Kasyapa came to invite the Buddha to receive food from him. On seeing the unusual tank, the stone slabs and the branch of the kakudha tree, he asked
