Texts from the Buddhist canon : commonly known as Dhammapada

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SECTION XVII.
EVIL CONDUCT (pIpAVAGGO).
In old time, when Buddha was residing at Esljagriha, he
sent a Rahat called Sumanta (Su-man-teh) to the country
of Ki-pin (Cophen, i.e., Gandh§,ra) with some personal
relics (hair and nail) for a tower-temple {i.e., a temple
connected with which was a relic tower or stiipa) in the
Southern Mountains, where 500 Eahats constantly dwelt,
and every morning and evening burnt incense and conducted
worship. At this time there were in the same
mountains 500 monkeys, who having seen these men at
their prayers, immediately agreed between themselves to
erect by the side of a neighbouring deep stream a relic
tower of stcvae and wood in honour of Buddha. This they
did, and above it placed the surmounting pole (Tee) 1 with
banners and flags. Here they came to worship every
morning and evening, even as the religious men of the
neighbouring monastery did. Now it happened about this
time, owing to the sudden rising of the river, that these
monkeys were caught by the torrent,. and being unable to
escape were drowned. In consequence of their good deeds,
however, they were born as Devas in the Trayastrin^as
Heaven, where they had palaces, and clothes, and food
according to their new condition. Eeflecting, then, on
' The word Tee, as it is used to ring to the worlds supposed to exist
denote the surmounting ornament of above our own, and over which
the Buddhist Stupa, is the same as the Buddha rules. The Chinese "ts'ah,"
Burmese "Htee," which again is de- denoting the same thing, is derived
rived from the P&li "Khetta," signi- from the Sanskrit "Kshetra" (same
lying "earths" or "worlds," refer- sense).