Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.200

c8.200

"When they said this, the Exalted One spake to the five ascetics: 'O monks, the Perfect One liveth not in selfindulgence: he has not given up his effort and returned to self-indulgence. The Perfect One, O monks, is the holy, supreme Buddha. Open ye your ears, ye 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 the present life apprehend the truth itself and see face to face.’ ”