Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 92 50. Then having heard the prince’s discourse, gracious and of deep meaning, gentle, strong, and full of dignity, the ascetics paid him especial honour. 51. But a certain Brāhman who was lying there in the ashes, tall and wearing his hair in a tuft, and clothed in the bark of trees, with reddish eyes and a thin long nose, and carrying a pot with water in his hand, thus lifted his voice: 52. ‘O sage, brave indeed is thy purpose, who, young as thou art, hast seen the evils of birth; he who, having pondered thoroughly heaven and liberation, makes up his mind for liberation, – he is indeed brave! 53. ‘By all those various sacrifices, penances and vows the slaves of passion desire to go to heaven; but the strong, having battled with passion as with an enemy, desire to obtain liberation. 54. ‘If this is thy settled purpose, go quickly to Viṁdhyakoṣṭha; the Muni Arāḍa lives there who has gained an insight into absolute bliss. 55. ‘From him thou wilt hear the path to truth, and if thou hast a desire for it, thou wilt embrace it; but as I foresee, this purpose of thine will go on further, after having rejected his theory. 56. ‘With the nose of a well-fed horse, large long eyes, a red lower lip, white sharp teeth, and a thin red tongue, – this face of thine will drink up the entire ocean of what is to be known.
Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 93 57. ‘That unfathomed depth which characterises thee, that majesty and all those signs of thine, – they shall win a teacher’s chair in the earth which was never won <strong>by</strong> sages even in a former age.’ 58. The prince replied, ‘Very well,’ and having saluted the company of sages he departed; the hermits also having duly performed to him all the rites of courtesy entered again into the ascetic grove. [Such is the seventh chapter in the great poem Śri <strong>Buddhacarita</strong>, called Entry into the Penance Grove]
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