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the Buddha about them whereon the Buddha narrated the whole story. On hearing this, Uruvela Kasyapa thought that the great monk was no ordinary person, but that he was still not as great an Arhat as he himself was. The Buddha accepted the food but continued to stay on in the same place.
Once there was an untimely shower. There was almost a flood. The region where the Buddha lived was submerged. Thought the Buddha,
"Why don't I remove water from all around myself and live on a dry ground"?
He did accordingly. Els ewhere, Uruvela Kasyapa had a sudden thought in his mind that the great monk must have been drowned in the flood-water. With other people of his clan, he rushed forth with a boat to rescue him. He found to his surprise that the Buddha was on a dry plot. With a great surprise, he said,
"Mahāśramana! Are you the same person"?
Said the Buddha,
"Yes, I am".
The Buddha flew in the sky and stood on board the vessel. Uruvela Kasyapa thought again that the great monk was no ordinary person, but that he was still not as great an Arhat as he himself was.
In this manner, the Buddha displayed before him 15 surprises, but Uruvela continued to have similar thinking in his mind about the Buddha being a lesser Arhat than himself. In the end, in order to remove this thought from his mind, the Buddha sai d,
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"Kas yapa!. You are neither an Arhat nor on the road to be one. You have not even the idea as to what it is that makes an Ar hat, or how to be an Arhat".
At these words of the Buddha, Uruvela's head bent low out of respect. He placed his head at his feet and said,
