Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.s2.4

c8.s2.4

[*] The "Mahâparinibbâna Sutta," by which the northern Buddhist versions of this narrative are rendered superfluous. [†] It especially excites distrust, to find that the occurrences at Pâtaliputta and the meeting with Ambapâli ("Childers' Ed.," p. 10 seq.) are narrated at another place in quite a different connection ("Mahâvagga," vi, 28 seq.).