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took their seats on one side. And so seated they said to the Blessed One: We Sâkyas, Lord, are haughty. And this Upâli the barber has long been an attendant, Lord, upon us. May the Blessed One admit him to the Order before us, so that we may render him respect and reverence, and bow down with outstretched hands before him (as our senior), and thus shall the Sâkya pride be humbled in us Sâkyans'.'
Then the Blessed One received first Upâli the barber, and afterwards those young men of the Sâkya clan, into the ranks of the Order. And the venerable Bhaddiya, before that rainy season was over, became master of the Threefold Wisdom 2, and the venerable Anuruddha acquired the Heavenly Vision 3, and the venerable Ânanda realised the effect of having entered upon the Stream, and Devadatta attained to that kind of Iddhi which is attainable even by those who have not entered upon the Excellent Way".
KULLAVAGGA.
VII, 1, 4.
1 This reputation of the Sakya family for pride is referred to in Gâtaka I, 88, 89.
Tisso viggâ, see Rh. D.'s remarks at pp. 161, 162 of 'Buddhist Suttas from the Pâli' (S. B. E., vol. xi). They are probably here the three viggas referred to in the Sutta-vibhanga, Pârâgika I, 1, 6-8, as the second of those is the Heavenly Vision, here mentioned in the next clause.
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Dibbakakkhu, a full description of the details of which will be found in the stock paragraph translated by Rh. D. in 'Buddhist Suttas from the Pâli' (S. B. E., vol. xi, pp. 216-218).
Sotâpattiphala; that is, he became free from the delusion of self (sakkâyadithi), from doubt (vikikikkhâ), and from dependence upon ceremonies or works (sîlabbata-pârâmâsa). See Rh. D.'s manual, 'Buddhism,' pp. 108-110.
Pothugganikâ iddhi. What this may be is unknown to A fourfold Iddhi is described in detail in the stock passage
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