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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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Paṭiggahesi Bhagavā ārāmaṁ.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Gracious One accepted the park. 207<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 168<br />

Atha kho Bhagavā Rājānaṁ Māgadhaṁ Seniyaṁ Bimbisāraṁ<br />

o <strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One, after instructing, rousing,<br />

Dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṁsetvā,<br />

enthusing, and cheering the Magadhan King Seniya Bimbisāra with a Dhamma talk,<br />

uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.<br />

having risen from his seat, went away.<br />

Atha kho Bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One, with this as the basis,<br />

Dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi:<br />

after giving a Dhamma talk, addressed the monks, (saying):<br />

“Anujānāmi bhikkhave ārāman.”-ti<br />

“I allow, monks, a park.”<br />

Sāriputta-Moggallānapabbajjākathā<br />

41: <strong>The</strong> Story of the Going-Forth of Sāriputta and Moggallāna<br />

Tena kho pana samayena Sañjayo paribbājako Rājagahe paṭivasati<br />

<strong>The</strong>n at that time the wanderer Sañjaya 208 was living near Rājagaha<br />

mahatiyā paribbājakaparisāya saddhiṁ,<br />

together with a great assembly of wanderers,<br />

aḍḍhateyyehi paribbājakasatehi.<br />

with two hundred and fifty wanderers.<br />

Tena kho pana samayena Sāriputta-Moggallānā<br />

<strong>The</strong>n at that time Sāriputta and Moggallāna<br />

Sañjaye paribbājake brahmacariyaṁ caranti,<br />

were living the spiritual life under the wanderer Sañjaya,<br />

207 Jā Nid: tasmiṁ ārāmapaṭiggahaṇe “Buddhasāsanassa mūlāni otiṇṇānī” ti Mahāpathavī<br />

kampi. Jambudīpasmiñ-hi ṭhapetvā Veḷuvanaṁ aññaṁ Mahāpathaviṁ kampetvā<br />

gahitasenāsanaṁ nāma natthi; with the acceptance of that park, (knowing): “the roots of the<br />

Buddha’s Dispensation have taken hold,” the great Earth shook. In the Land of the Rose<br />

Apples, apart from the Bamboo Wood, the great Earth never shook on the acceptance of a<br />

dwelling place.<br />

208 Apparently to be identified with Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta, one of the six famous teachers in<br />

Lord Buddha’s time, who taught a radical scepticism.

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