Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c11.s2.30

c11.s2.30

Touching the youth of the Bodhisatta the most important passage is found in the "Aṅguttara Nikâya" (I give it exactly according to the MS., vol. i, fol. ñu'): *sukhumâlo aham bhikkhave paramasukhumâlo accantasukhumâlo. mama sukham bhikkhave pitu nivesane pokkharaniyo hâriyâkâ honti, ekattha sukham bhikkhave uppalam vappati ekattha padumam ekattha punnarikam yâvad evam atthâya. na kho pana es' âham bhikkhave kâsikam candanam dhâremi, kâsikam bhikkhave su me tam vethanam hoti kâsikâ kañcukâ kâsikam nivâsanam kâsiko uttarâsaṅgo. rattidivam kho pana me su tam bhikkhave setachattam dhâreyya mâ nam phussi sîtam vâ unham vâ tinam vâ rajo vâ ussâvo vâ 'ti. tassa mayham bhikkhave tayo pâsâdâ ahesum* (this is shown to be a universal custom by comparing "Mahâvagga," i, 7, 1; "Cullavagga," vii, 1, 1) *eko hemantiko eko gimhantiko eko vassiko 'ti. so kho aham bhikkhave vassikapâsâde vassike cattâro mâse nippurisehi turiyehi paricâriyamâno na hetthâ pâsâdâ orohâmi. yathâ kho pana bhikkhave aññesam nivesane dâsakammakarâporisassa kanâjakam bhojanam diyyati bilaṅgadutiyam evam eva su me bhikkhave pitu nivesane dâsakammakaraporisassa sâlimamsodano diyyati.* Now follows the narrative translated at p. 102 seq., how the thought of old age, disease, and death is awakened in him: therewith ends the part of that text bearing on this matter. Let it be observed that the origin of these thoughts is not here attributed to an external occurrence like the well-known four excursions. The history of these excursions has been transferred to the later legends, as is almost expressly stated in the "Jât. Atth." i, p. 59, from the Mahâpadânasutta ("Dîgha Nikâya"), where it is introduced as referring to the Buddha Vipassi* (there and in the Mahâpurisa-