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The Buddha nodded his acceptance. He asked Venerable Sariputta to teach the three refuges to the king and queen. After they recited
them, the king said, “As it is late, please allow us to return to the palace. I have an early morning audience.”
The Buddha nodded again.
The encounter between the Buddha and King Ajatasattu benefited all those present. The king’s mental torment rapidly improved. That
same night he dreamed he saw his father smiling at him, and he felt that all that had been torn asunder was now made whole again. The
king’s heart was transformed, bringing great joy to all his people.
After that, the king visited the Buddha often on his own. He no longer came on an elephant accompanied by royal guards. He climbed
the stone steps carved into the mountain just as his father, King Bimbisara, had done so often in the past. In his private meetings with the
Buddha, King Ajatasattu was able to reveal his heart and confess his past crimes. The Buddha treated him as though he were his own son.
He counselled the king to surround himself with men of virtue.
At the end of the retreat season, Jivaka asked the Buddha to allow him to enter the homeless life as a bhikkhu. The Buddha accepted
him, and gave him the Dharma name of Vimala Kondanna. Bhikkhu Vimala Kondanna was permitted to continue to stay at the Mango
Grove. There were about two hundred bhikkhus already in residence there. This was the place at which the Buddha was cared for
following the accident on Vulture Peak. With so many mature mango trees, the Mango Grove monastery was a very pleasant place to stay.
Bhikkhu Vimala Kondanna continued to grow medicinal herbs for the community of bhikkhus.