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in clothes, et cetera; indifferent to the body also of which kind is my teacher of religion and Nirgranthas are such. They did not know the Lord Jina and replied: "Such as you are, such is your teacher of religion. Has he himself taken an outfit?" Gośāla angrily cursed, If there is psychic fire from penance of my teacher in religion, may this rest-house burn down. They said, "Indeed, we are not burned from your speech. Gośāla, ashamed, went and told the Master: "I saw today ascetics with possessions who were contemptuous of you. I cursed them angrily, 'May that rest-house burn,' yet their rest-house did not burn at all. Tell me truly, Master, the reason for that. Siddhartha said: They are indeed disciples of Śrī Pārśva Svāmin. How, look you! would their rest-house burn at your speech? "
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Meanwhile, it happened that Sūri Municandra in the night had gone outside the rest-house and stood in statuesque posture at that time. Kūpanaya had drunk wine at a guild-feast outside and, staggering home intoxicated, saw the acarya. With the idea that he was a thief, the hard-hearted potter seized the ācārya by the neck pitilessly and quickly choked his breath. Unmoved from pure meditation, enduring the pain, having clairvoyance produced at once, the acarya died and went to heaven. Vyantaras nearby showed him honor, raining flowers on him, like the wind at dawn.
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Now Gośāla saw a brilliant line of gods in the sky like a streak of lightning and said to the Lord: "Master, is the rest-house of your enemies burning? That fire is to be inferred from the mass of flames in the sky. Siddhartha replied: "Do not talk so. The sūri has gone to heaven because of pure meditation. For pure meditation is a cow of plenty. These brilliant gods (have come) to show him honor, because of whom you of little wit have the mistaken idea of a fire. From curiosity to see that, Gośāla went quickly, but the gods went to their own place. When do such men have a sight of the gods! When he had seen the shower of flowers and perfume on him (Municandra), delighted, he went to the rest-house and
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