Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.198

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c8.198

"Now they addressed the Exalted One by his name and called him 'Friend.' When they addressed him thus, the Exalted One said to the five ascetics: 'Ye monks, address not the Perfect One* by his name and call him not "Friend." The Perfect One, O monks, is the holy, supreme Buddha. Open ye your ears, O monks; the deliverance from death is found: I teach you, I preach the Law. If ye walk according to my teaching, ye shall be partakers in a short time of that for which noble youths leave their homes and go into homelessness, the highest end of religious effort: ye shall even in this present life apprehend the truth itself and see face to face.'

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