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still as Gautama, after his family! Then spake the Lord to them and said: 'Call me not after my private name, 1228
'For it is a rude and careless way of speaking to one who has obtained Arhatship?; but whether men respect or disrespect me, my mind is undisturbed and wholly quiet; 1229
But you your way is not so courteous, let go, I pray, and cast away your fault. Buddha can save the world; they call him, therefore, Buddha ; 1230
Towards all living things, with equal heart he looks as children, to call him then by his familiar name is to despise a father; this is sin.' 1231
Thus Buddha, by exercise of mighty love, in deep compassion spoke to them; but they, from ignorance and pride, despised the only wise and true one's words. 1232
They said that first he practised self-denial, but having reached thereby no profit, now giving rein to body, word, and thought", how by these means (they asked) has he become a Buddha ? 1233
Thus equally entangled by doubts, they would not credit that he had attained the way. Thoroughly versed in highest truth, full of all-embracing wisdom, 1234
1 The address 'Bho Gotama' or 'Gotama,' according to Childers (Páli Dict. p. 150), was an appellation of disrespect used by unconverted Brahmins in addressing Buddha. The title Gautama Buddha is rarely met with in Northern translations.
: The Arhat is the highest grade among the Buddhist saints. See Burnouf, Introd. p. 295.
• Here the appeal is to them as religious persons. . Or, is the sin of dishonouring a father. • The true words of the Only Enlightened ; that is, of the Buddha. •樂 for 意
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |