The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c9.42

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c9.42

“If I wait for her word,” reflected the man, “I shall never be able to come away. I will flee and become an ascetic without saying a word to her.” So he said nothing to her, got up one night and fled. The city guards arrested him. “I have to support a mother,” he cried, “let me go.” In this way, he got his release and went straight to the Himâlaya, when the main gate was opened. Here he lived as a hermit, became possessed of supernatural powers and enjoyed the pleasures of meditation. “The fetters of wife and child, the fetters of passion, so difficult to break, I have broken,” so he shouted triumphantly and recited the verses:

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