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VII, 4, 4.
DISSENSIONS IN THE ORDER.
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Moggallâna taught and exhorted the Bhikkhus in a religious discourse touching the marvels of Iddhi. And whilst they were being so taught and exhorted those Bhikkhus obtained the pure and spotless Eye of the Truth (that is, the knowledge that) whatsoever has a beginning, in that is inherent also the necessity of dissolution. Then the venerable Sâriputta addressed the Bhikkhus, and said: 'Let us go, my friends, to the Blessed One's side. Whosoever approves of his doctrine (Dhamma), let him come.'
And Sâriputta and Moggallana went back to the Veluvana, taking those five hundred Bhikkhus with them. But Kokalika awoke Devadatta, and said : •Arise, friend Devadatta ! Your Bhikkhus have been led away by Sâriputta and Moggallana. Did I not tell you, Devadatta, not to trust Sâriputta and Moggallâna, in that they were inclined towards evil, and were under the influence of evil desires ?'
Then hot blood came forth from Devadatta's mouth?
4. But Sâriputta and Moggallâna went to the place where the Blessed One was, and bowed down before him, and took their seats on one side. And when they were so seated, Sâriputta said to the Blessed One:
It were well, Lord, that Bhikkhus who have turned aside to schism should be received afresh into the higher grade of the Order.'
Nay, Sâriputta, let not the reordination of schis
This expression is the standing one in conversions; see, for instance, Mahâvagga I, 7, 6; Kullavagga VI, 4, 5, VII, 3, 6.
• The later legends preserved in Spence Hardy and Bigandet say that Devadatta died on the spot.
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