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# ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 24.24

The Hundred Deeds 24.24

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### [24.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.karmasataka*bo~en-84000.24.24)

bear my relics on a palanquin, and may their opponents, be there even hundreds or thousands of them, not be able to lift them.  
  
“May fellow practitioners of the holy life kindle the fire to burn my relics, and may their opponents, be there even hundreds or thousands of them, not be able to light it.  
  
“May fellow practitioners of the holy life view my relics, and upon doing so, may they venerate my relics, and may others who hold extreme views not be able to view them.”  
  
After Venerable Subhadra had made this fivefold resolve, he passed into parinirvāṇa. All the gods in Kuśinagarī proclaimed that Subhadra had passed into parinirvāṇa, and as soon as the philosophical extremists heard this they hoisted banners made of cotton, announcing on the highways, in the streets, at crossroads, and at forks in the road, “The ascetic Gautama claims there are no ascetics or brahmins from other factions, for they are proponents of other views devoid of ascetics and brahmins. With a lion’s perfect roar he proclaimed this before the assembly.” They went all over Kuśinagarī, proclaiming, “This practitioner of our code of conduct has now passed into parinirvāṇa!” Then they went to the copse of two śāla trees where Subhadra lay, but they were unable to enter. The monks saw them and asked, “What are you doing here?”  
  
“Our friend, who practiced our code of conduct, has passed into parinirvāṇa. We have come to venerate his relics,” they replied.  
  
“It was our code of conduct he practiced, not yours,” the monks said. “Didn’t you see him with a shaved head, wearing holy robes and patched raiment?”  
  
“We saw him carrying three sticks and a ritual vase,” they replied.  
  
“If you believe he was practicing your code of conduct, then go ahead with your veneration,” said the monks.  
  
When they heard this the extremists

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