Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.t1.5

c8.t1.5

They now wander from Uruvelâ to Râjagaha, the near-lying capital of the Magadha kingdom. The halting-place is in a bambu-thicket outside the town. The young king Bimbisâra hears of Buddha’s arrival, and goes out with a vast following* of citizens and Brahmans to make the acquaintance of the teacher who had acquired sudden fame. When the people saw Buddha and Kassapa together, doubts arose as to which of the two is master and which is the disciple. Kassapa rises from his seat, bows his head to Buddha’s feet and says: “Sire, my master is the Exalted One: I am his pupil. Sire, my master is the Exalted One: I am his pupil.” Buddha preaches before the king and his retinue: Bimbisâra, with a great number of his people, declares himself a lay convert of Buddha’s Church. Thenceforth throughout his long life he became one of the truest friends and patrons of Buddha and his doctrine.