The Order of Monks

As a shaka and a close relative of the aging buddha, he seems to have emerged as a major contender for the leadership of the sankar. He promoted a much more rigorous version of monasticism than gotama. This culminated in an incident where the buddha was preaching at the bamboo grove on the outskirts of rajagaha, the capital of magada. The lord was sitting down, teaching tama, surrounded by a large company, by a company which included the king bimbisara. Then devdat rising from his seat, having arranged his upper robe over one shoulder, having saluted the lord with joined palms, spoke thus: "It is