ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 35.17

35.17

and delighted the young brahmin with a discourse on the Dharma, he rose from his seat and departed.

The brahmins were consumed with fury. “He gave to the ascetic Gautama the food and drink prepared for us!” they complained. As they prepared to kill the young brahmin in their anger, he fled to the garden of Prince Jeta. Still the other young brahmins followed him, and when they arrived at the garden of Prince Jeta, they said, “We can’t kill him in the garden of Prince Jeta. Not only does it belong to the householder Anāthapiṇḍada, but King Prasenajit has also issued an edict on this matter.” Realizing this, they turned back.

The young brahmin was terrified, so he went to see the Blessed One. When he arrived, he touched his head to the Blessed One’s feet and sat before him to listen to the Dharma. The Blessed One directly apprehended his thoughts, habitual tendencies, temperament, capacity, and nature, and taught him the Dharma accordingly. When he heard it, the young brahmin destroyed with the thunderbolt of wisdom the twenty high peaks of the mountain of views concerning the transitory collection, and manifested the resultant state of stream entry right where he sat.

After he had seen the truths, he rose from his seat, drew down the right shoulder of his upper garment, bowed toward the Blessed One with palms pressed together, and told the Blessed One, “After I entrusted myself to you, my spiritual friend, the Blessed Buddha, you lifted me up from among the hell beings, animals, and anguished spirits. Leading me to live among the gods and humans, you have brought the cycle of existence to an end, dried up the ocean of blood and tears, led me over the mountain pass of bones,