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When all this is concluded, the same round mnst begin again; it is always work, work, without any leisure ; the husbandman may be sick, or be called to go to the war, or old, but still the labour must be continued; at last he may have to go from place to place, leaning on two sticks, to beg; and after all this toil, the end may be that he falls into hell. Brother, I tell you all this, that you may see what awaits you ; you can take possession of my wealth and honours, and I will go to Budha and become a priest." But Anurudha said that he was not previously aware the householder had so many troubles ; and if this was the case, he would become the priest, and Mahanama might keep his possessions. At once he went to request the permission of his mother, that he might carry this design into effect; but she said, " Your father is dead ; you are as my heart, as my two eyes ; all my joy is to see you and your brother ; I cannot bear the thought of your becoming a priest; therefore until my death, I must refuse my permission." Anuradha then said, " What do you tell me, mother ? As the water of the river stays not till it has arrived at the sea, so will my mind continually be directed towards Budha; therefore, do give me permission to become a priest." Bat she still refused. Anurudha then said, '^As the rain, when ascended into the sky, knows no place of rest until it has fallen to fertilise the ground, so wiU my mind shore, and their screams are so loud as to orerpower all other sounds. In the time of harvest, they bring with them ears of rice, and many people make a considerable profit by collecting the grain that falls to the ground. VII. LEGENDS OF G<5TAMA BUDHA. 237 know no repose nntil I liave gone to the residence of Badha." Bnt the mother was still relentless, and requested that words like these might not again faU upon her ear. The prince declared the third time, '^ As the river that ascends from a rock into the sky does not abide there, but again descends to the earth, so mj mind will know no stay nntil it has proceeded to the place of consecration : therefore I again entreat your permis- sion." The qneen was nnable to say more, from the excess of her grief; but by way of evasion she told him that his friend Bhaddi had now become a king, and if he could persuade Bhaddi to become a priest, her permission would no longer be withheld. She thought that no one who was a king had ever become a priest, and therefore gave her consent upon this condition. When Anurudha set out to speak to Bhaddi upon the subject, he reflected upon what his mother had said, and saw that he must try to accomplish his purpose by a stratagem. '* The Sakya princes," he thought, *' do not lie even to save life ; so I must try to catch him by inducing him to make a declaration, and then turn his words upon himself." Accordingly he went to the king, and after kissing him, said, *' I cannot declare my affection for you ; if you have the same regard for me, leave all these treasures, and let us both become priests ; if I enter the priest- hood first, we shall continue near to each other." As they had been friends from the time that they played together as children, Bhaddi, prompted by affection, but scarcely knowing what he said, gave his word that if Anurudha became a priest first, he would follow his example. The prince was greatly rejoiced at receiving this declaration, and said, *' I intend to become a priest to-day, therefore come with me now." But Bhaddi began to repent of the promise he had made, and said, ^*We are both young yet ; let us enjoy ourselves for the present, and when we are old we can embrace the priesthood." To this Anurudha replied, " There is no regularity in the order of old age and death ; sometimes old age precedes death, but at other ti mes death precedes old age ; your declaration is not a wise one ; the prince Sidhdrtta renonnced the world at twenty-nine years of age, and many nobles of this city have done the same, whilst they were yet young ; the receiving of the priesthood is a great privilege ; therefore speak not another word, but come with me now. " 238 A MANUAL OF BUDHISM. Bhaddi respected the promise be had given, and said that in seven years from that time he would be prepared to become a priest ; but Annrndha said he would not listen to this proposal. The king then mentioned six years, and gradually came down to two ; bnt his friend was inflexible. Again he proposed a year, six months, and so on, nntil he came down to a fortnight ; but the prince was equally unwilling to yield. At last Bhaddi declared, " I must have at least seven days to deliver up the kingdom, and give the necessary advices to my successor ; if you love me, say no more." At the end of seven days Bhaddi, Anurudha, Ananda, the son of Sudhddana's younger brother, the prince Kimbila, D6wadatta, the son of Suprabudha (the princess Yasodhard being his younger sister) and the prince Bhagu, went with a great retinue to a place about sixteen miles from the city, as if for the purpose of taking pleasure : but they contrived to steal away from their attendants, taking with them only Upali, the king's barber When they arrived at a private place, they took off their orna- ments, gave them to the barber, and told him that he might keep them ; but as they were going away, Upali reflected thus : " If I take these ornaments to the city, the Sdkya princes, who are wrathful, will deprive me of life ; they are of no benefit to me; if these princes could leave all their possessions to become recluses, the same course will be much easier for me. He therefore hung the ornaments up in a tree, to be taken by the first comer, and pursued the direction taken by the princes, who enquired why he followed them ; and when they were informed, they went on together. Budha was at that time in a village called Anupiya, belonging to the princes of Malla. When the princes requested that he would admit them to the priesthood, they said that they were of an honourable family, so much so as not to pay respect even to him; but in order that their dignity might be lowered, they wished that the barber should be ordained first; they would then have to worship him, and if they even thought of returning to their possessions, they would know that the princes would say to them, " What, is it you who worshipped the barber ?'* and thus their return would be prevented. Budha approved of their resolution, and ordained the barber first, and then the princes. Bhaddi after- wards became a rahat, when observing the ordinance called VU. LEGENDS OF G(5TAMA BUDHA. 239 widarsana, in the time of wass. Ananda entered sowan, and became the principal attendant on the person of Bndha. Kimbila and Bhagu became rahats, and each had 500 disciples. D6wa- datta performed the ordinance called dhy4na. Updli became a rahat, and the chief of those who understood the Winaja-pitaka. Annrudha observed widars\ana, and became a rahat ; and from hayiDg formerly given a lamp-offering to Piyumatnra Bndha, he became the chief of those who have supernatural vision ; and received divine eyes, by which he coald see all things in a hun- dred thousand sakwalas, as plainly as a mustard seed held in the hand. One day Annrudha went to the village of Munda, in which there resided a noble, Maha-munda, who requested him to perform wass ; but he said that it was not in his power, as he hail no samanera to assist him. The noble had two sons, Maha-sumana and Kuda-sumana, and he said that Annrudha might take the elder of the two and consecrate him ; but he refused, as he saw that he was deficient in merit. He therefore received Kudd- ^umana, at that time about seven years of age ; who, as his hair was cut off, saw part of it, on which he reflected that a little time previous it had been the ornament of his head, and was now only a worthless thing to be thrown away. In the act of carrying on this meditation on the meanness of the body and its secretions, he became a rahat. After receiving the offerings of his parents on two p<5ya days, as Annrudha said he must return to Budha, in their presence he ascended into the air, and accompanied the priest to a stone cave in the forest of Himila.