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Atha kho Bhagavato etad-ahosi:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n this occurred to the Gracious One:<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 44<br />
“Kahaṁ nu kho etarahi pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū viharantī?” ti<br />
“Where are the group-of-five monks dwelling now?”<br />
Addasā kho Bhagavā dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gracious One saw with the divine eye which is purified and surpasses that of<br />
(normal) men<br />
pañcavaggiye bhikkhū Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharante Isipatane Migadāye.<br />
that the group-of-five monks were dwelling near Bārāṇasī, in the Deer Park at<br />
Isipatana. 101<br />
[Upako Ājīvako]<br />
[7: <strong>The</strong> Abstainer Upaka]<br />
Atha kho Bhagavā Uruvelāyaṁ yathābhirantaṁ viharitvā,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One, having dwelt for as long as he liked<br />
yena Bārāṇasī tena cārikaṁ pakkāmi.<br />
left on walking tour for Bārāṇasī. 102<br />
Addasā kho Upako Ājīvako Bhagavantaṁ<br />
<strong>The</strong> Abstainer 103 Upaka saw the Gracious One<br />
antarā ca Gayaṁ antarā ca Bodhiṁ addhānamaggappaṭipannaṁ,<br />
going along the highway between the Bodhi (tree) and Gayā, 104<br />
disvāna Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:<br />
and after seeing (him), he said this to the Gracious One:<br />
101 Uruvelā, where the Buddha Awakened, was in Magadha, whereas Bārāṇasī was the capital<br />
of the neighbouring state of Kāsī.<br />
102 Jā Nid says this took place on the morning of the 14th day of the fortnight, which would<br />
only give the Buddha a day to reach Isipatana, about 250 km away; Mahāvastu is more<br />
realistic, giving much more detail which, when we inspect it would mean the Buddha took at<br />
least a week to make the journey, see Uruvilvā to Ṛṣipatana elsewhere on this website.<br />
103 He belonged to the Ājīvaka sect founded by Gosāla Makkhaliputta, one of the six famous<br />
teachers in Lord Buddha’s time. <strong>The</strong> title of the sect indicates that they were known to have<br />
special rules in regard to their livelihood (ājīva), and abstained from taking support from<br />
various people or in various circumstances.<br />
104 According to Mahāvastu the meeting took place at Cundadvīlā, which is mentioned<br />
elsewhere in the Pāḷi texts as Cundavīlā.