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203. The Bodhisatta And The Nothingness Of Things

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born a Brahmin and perfected his education at Takkasila. Putting Lusts from him and renouncing the world for the hermit’s life, he won the Five Knowledges and the Eight Attainments, and lived in the Himalayas, where five hundred hermits gathered round him. One rainy season, his chief disciple went with half the hermits to the people to get salt and vinegar. And that was the time when the Bodhisatta should die. And his disciples, wishing to know his spiritual attainment, said to him, “What excellence have you won?”