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CHAPTER THREE all, the Master Vira, son of Siddhārtha. Even the sixty-four Indras are the Master's footmen. The cakrins from whom you hope a reward are of little importance. After giving gifts for a year, wishing to cross the ocean of existence, his kingdom abandoned, and having become a mendicant, he wanders thus, tireless. The śāstras agree certainly. Do not despair in the least. Í shall grant your wish. The sight of the Master is not in vain.” sertion
With these words, the lord of the gods gave him his wish, bowed to the Lord of the World, and returned to his proper place.
Early association with Gośāla (370-586) After he had completed his kāyotsarga, wandering, the Blessed One reached the city Rājagsha, purifying the earth by his footsteps. The Master went to the spacious shed of a certain weaver on land outside Nālandā, not far from the city. The Teacher of the World obtained permission from the weaver to live there during the rains and stayed in one corner of the shed, engaged in a month's fast.
Now, there was a Mańkha, named Mankhali, and he had a wife, Bhadrā. Both wandered over the earth, exhibiting a picture. One day, when they had reached the village Śaravaņa, Subhadrā bore a son in the cowshed of a Brāhman, Gobahula.91 Because he was born in a cowshed, he was named “ Gośāla.” He grew up gradually, having studied his own craft of the Mankhas. Quarrelsome by nature, disobedient to his parents, ill-favored from birth, he became adept in deceit. After quarreling with his parents and taking a picture, he wandered alone, begging alms, and one day went to Rājagļha. Gośāla also lived in the corner of the shed ornamented by the Master, after obtaining permission from him, like a jackal in the vicinity of a lion.
With the intention of breaking his month's fast, the Lord using his hand as a dish went to the house of the merchant
91 374. This may be merely an adjective, of course, not his name.
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