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14360	A king shall come, they say, to rule the world, If he will rule; but whence this mighty king? 14360 But how awake such thoughts?"
14360	But why should one for others think, when all Must answer for themselves? 14360 How kindle such a love?
14360	Not sell the ground?
14360	Whither away, my son?
14360	And how can blood wash out the stains of sin, And change the fixed eternal law of life That good from good, evil from evil flows?"
14360	And how can hatred dwell with perfect love?
14360	And now his cup with every blessing filled Full to the brim, to overflowing full, What more has life to give or heart to wish?
14360	And who shall dare to chide their simple faith?
14360	And why one born another''s slave, when all Might serve and help each other?"
14360	Asita, oldest of his counselors, Sprang to his side and asked:"What ails the king?"
14360	But where is now that erring, wandering son, The pride of all these loyal, loving hearts, Heir to this wealth and hope of this proud house?
14360	But who so gentle, stately, tall and grand As my Siddartha?
14360	But why despise what ages have revered?
14360	But would you have me like a coward shun The path of duty, though beset with thorns-- Thorns that must pierce your tender feet and mine?"
14360	Can such a life be good That shuns all duties lying in our path-- Useless to others, filled with grief and pain?
14360	For how can God, being good, delight in blood?
14360	For how can darkness dwell with perfect light?
14360	Greeting each other with such royal grace As fits a prince greeting a brother prince, The king inquired why he had left his home?
14360	Has mighty Brahma there no son, no heir?
14360	Have you escaped from karma''s fatal chains And gained clear vision-- found the living light?"
14360	He spoke, and many to each other said:"Why hear this babbler rail at sacred things-- Our caste, our faith, our prayers and sacred hymns?"
14360	How can we turn his mind from such sad thoughts To life''s full joys, the duties of a king, And his great destiny so long foretold?"
14360	How will you meet their cruelty and wrath?"
14360	Is death the end, or what comes after death?
14360	Is this old age, or swinish greed grown old?
14360	O crushed and bleeding hearts, That from the very ground in anguish cry:"Is there no light-- no hope-- no help-- no God?"
14360	Sudata sharply said,"Why then said you,''Fill it with yellow gold''?"
14360	The people saw this great vihara rise, A stately palace for a foreign prince, And said in wonder:"What strange thing is this?
14360	The prince stopped short before him, bending low, And gently asked:"What would my father have?
14360	This the return for all the patient love Of sweet Yasodhara, and this the way To teach his duty to your royal son?"
14360	What further need of our poor flickering lamps?"
14360	What need of words to introduce his guests?
14360	What steps have e''er retraced that silent road?
14360	What wonder that the deepest hells were stirred?
14360	What wonder that the heavens were filled with joy?
14360	Whence comes this wondrous and undying love?
14360	Where is their birthplace-- where their home?
14360	Which waked the sweet Yasodhara, who asked,"What ails my love?"
14360	Who knows what joys await those troubled hearts?
14360	Who knows what visions meet their dying gaze?
14360	Who so full of love?
14360	Why am I left as if by death forgot, Left here alone, a leafless, fruitless trunk?
14360	Why are the strong like the mown grass cut down?
14360	Why are we born to tread this little round, To live, to love, to suffer, sorrow, die?
14360	Why brothers fight?
14360	Why do the young like field- flowers bloom to fade?
14360	Why leave the heights with so much labor gained?
14360	Why plunge in darkness we have just escaped?
14360	Why pray for what we do not strive to gain?
14360	Why seek to know more than the Vedas teach?
14360	Why seek to learn more than the teachers know?
14360	Why seek to solve the riddle nature puts, Of whence and why, with theories and dreams?
14360	Why should such men make fables so absurd Unless within their rough outside is stored Some precious truth from profanation hid?
14360	Why waste your time pursuing such vain dreams-- As some benighted travelers chase false lights To lose themselves in bogs and fens at last?
14360	[ 12]"Can this be wisdom?
14360	and must it be forever lost?
14360	must I be such for thee?''
34578	But,replied the monarch,"are we not the descendants of the illustrious Prince Thamadat?
34578	But,retorted Buddha,"if in that new place we be likewise reviled, what then?"
34578	But,said Buddha,"if we be ill- treated in the new place we go to, what is to be done?"
34578	By what means,said he to himself,"can a heart find peace and happiness?"
34578	How is this?
34578	How is this?
34578	Is it you, great Rahan,cried Kathaba,"whom we see here?"
34578	My son,answered Buddha,"in what country does your brother Thariputra spend his season?"
34578	To whom,said he,"shall I announce the law?"
34578	What is the doctrine of that great master?
34578	What wonder will you work, my daughter, Garamie?
34578	What?
34578	Where is he now?
34578	Who advised you to commit the murder?
34578	Who are you?
34578	Who is here watching?
34578	Who is that man?
34578	Anatapein asked Gaudama how he wished the donation should be made and effected?
34578	And have you no other science to teach us?"
34578	As soon as he saw him he exclaimed:"Illustrious Buddha, why do you expose us to such a shame?
34578	Buddha considered a third time, and said to himself:"To whom shall I go to preach the law?"
34578	Buddha coolly asked the king,"What is that object which is stretched before us?"
34578	Buddha said to him:"Do you believe those beauties before you to be equal to Dzanapada?"
34578	Buddha said to them,"Which, in your opinion, is the best and most advantageous thing, either to go in search of yourselves or in search of a woman?"
34578	Buddha then thought: Where shall I find a stone to rub it upon?
34578	Buddha, addressing Ratha''s father, said to him,"What will you have to state in reply to what I am about to tell you?
34578	But how is a world brought into existence?
34578	But such a happy state is, as yet, at a great distance; where is the road leading thereto?
34578	But why is it so?
34578	By what means can a man get out of the stream or current of passions?
34578	By what means can such an invaluable treasure be procured?
34578	By what means can this ignorance be done away with?
34578	By what possible means could you ever succeed in bringing me back into the whirlpool of passions?"
34578	Can his parents or wife be really happy by the mere accidental ties that connect them with his person?
34578	Can it be conferred upon man by the possession of some exterior object?
34578	Could not a better and more decent mode be resorted to for supplying your wants?"
34578	Could you ever prove, by indisputable evidence, that you have ever made offerings enough to be deserving of this throne?"
34578	FOOTNOTES[ 1] Which of the two systems, Buddhism or Brahminism, is the most ancient?
34578	Gaudama hearing all these words said:"What means this?
34578	He asks himself, In what consists true and real happiness?
34578	He said aloud,"Who are they that can do wonders?
34578	He said to him,"O wretched one, are you not aware that fear is no longer to be found in him who has become a Rahanda?"
34578	He thought again: Where is a fit spot to extend my clothes upon?
34578	He thought again: Where is a proper place to dry it upon?
34578	How can he cross over the sea of existences?
34578	How can he free himself from the evil influence?
34578	How could that be so?
34578	How is it that at midnight there was such an uncommon splendour?
34578	How is it, moreover, that the tree Yekadat is now bending down its branches?"
34578	How is this power conferred upon him?
34578	How shall he be able to purify himself from the smallest stain of concupiscence?"
34578	I am old now, and the end of my existence is quite uncertain; could you not undertake to bring my son over to me?
34578	In what consists the fulfilment of the religious duties?
34578	In what does such a perfection consist?
34578	Is it necessary to go from door to door to beg your food?
34578	It may be asked what becomes of the sum of demerits and its consequent evil influence, whilst the superior good influence prevails?
34578	May I be allowed to ask what country you belong to, who you are, and from what illustrious lineage and descent you are come?"
34578	On hearing this unusual noise, the chief of Nagas awoke from his sleep, and said:"How is this?
34578	On my appearance before the crowd they will ask, What is this water- fowl?
34578	Phralaong at that moment said to Manh:"How do you dare to pretend to the possession of this throne?
34578	Shall I not be able to get a person who could procure for me some information respecting my son?"
34578	Surprised at what he perceived, he said to Buddha:"O Rahan, formerly there were here neither tank nor stone; how is it that they are here now?
34578	The enraged Manh cried to his followers,"Why do you stand looking on?
34578	The heretics, informed of this, said,"What will become of us?
34578	The king said to them,"Wicked men, is it true that you have killed the woman Thondarie?"
34578	The members of the deputation having duly paid their respects, said to him,"O most excellent Phra, which is the best thing to be bestowed in alms?
34578	They continued addressing Buddha, and said:"What shall we henceforth worship?"
34578	They said to Thindzi,"Teacher, is this all that you know?
34578	To what law or doctrine have you given preference in your arduous studies?"
34578	To what purpose are uttered so many fine expressions?"
34578	To what shall I liken it as regards the happy results it produces?
34578	To whom shall I go now?"
34578	Under what teacher have you become a Rahan?
34578	Unmoved by all their allurements, Buddha said to them,"For what purpose do you come to me?
34578	Was the monarch induced by considerations of a higher order to send for Buddha?
34578	What are the causes productive of such a burning?
34578	What are the duties to be performed in order to become a real Pounha?"
34578	What causes birth, old age, and death?
34578	What has become of that form which deceived and enslaved so many?
34578	What is meant by Dzan?
34578	What is meant by the religious disposition?
34578	What is pain, which is the first of the great truths?
34578	What is the destruction of pain, which is the third great truth?
34578	What is the production of pain, the second sublime truth?
34578	What is the real renouncing?
34578	What is the true knowledge?
34578	What is the way leading to the destruction of that desire, which is the fourth great truth?
34578	What shall it avail any man to feel envious at the success he obtains by so legitimate a means?"
34578	What will become of my throne?
34578	What will become of our country?"
34578	Whence comes the name Pounha?
34578	Whence that involuntary cry for assistance, but from the innate consciousness that above man there is some one ruling over his destinies?
34578	Where is it to be found?
34578	Which is the best and the fittest thing to put an end to passions?"
34578	Which is the most pleasurable?
34578	Which is the most savoury and relishing of all things?
34578	Which is the most valuable, a small quantity of water or the lives of countless beings, and, in particular, the lives of princes?"
34578	Who could, then, wonder at the conduct of Tsampooka?
34578	Who has ever thought of giving any credence to those fables?
34578	Who is your guide in the way to perfection?
34578	Who will now ever presume to say that he ought to subject himself again to them and bend his neck under their baneful influence?"
34578	Why do they exist?
34578	Why is there birth?
34578	Why should I bestow signs of compassion upon it?
34578	Would any one take her now for half that sum?"
34578	[ 2] I will repay their good offices to me, by preaching to them the law, but where are they now?"
34578	[ 4] Is not that young man doing the duty of forerunner of Buddha on the occasion of his solemn entry into the city of Radzagio?
34578	and what is the doctrine he is preaching to you?"
34578	said he, with an unfeigned feeling of surprise,"and by what way did you come and contrive to arrive here before me?"
34578	said he,"is it against me alone that such a countless crowd of warriors has been assembled?
34578	said the astonished Thagia;"am I doomed to lose my happy state?"
34578	what does this mean?"
34578	who has ever equalled him?
22782	How do I know?
22782	Must die?
22782	Oh, Channa,said I to the charioteer:"Why does this happen?
22782	A self?
22782	ANATHA PINDIKA stands below with clasped hands.__ KALA UDAYIN sinks to his knees with clasped hands.__ B._ My friend, what brings you here?
22782	And can you not Search for the truth here in this pleasant garden?
22782	And he is my son Siddhattha?
22782	And if he is the Buddha, is it right to wage a war against his people?--What shall I do?
22782	And shall I listen to its tender voice?
22782	At a distance a flourish of trumpets.__ D._ What military signals do I hear?
22782	But tell me How is to- day Kala Udayin''s father?
22782	Did the Buddha ever beg you to support his brotherhood?
22782	Dost thou forget the promise made me on our wedding day?
22782	Has the Buddha received these men?
22782	Have you seen my son?
22782	He stands pondering for a moment.__ B._ Who will instruct me where my duty lies?
22782	How deserves this man The wretchedness of his great agonies?"
22782	How did you die?
22782	I ask you, will you be such friends to me?
22782	I clasp my hands to him as to a god; and so do you mother, do you not?
22782	Is father a king?
22782	Is old age truly telling on him?
22782	Is that my duty?
22782	Is this, in sooth, my duty?
22782	KALA stops them.__ K._ What do you carry?
22782	Must I be gone?
22782	O Kala, advise me, what can I do?
22782	Say, is that my duty?
22782	Shall women rule, Or art thou master still in thine own home?
22782	Thou sayest I do wrong?
22782	VISAKHA knocks at the gate._ Who is on guard?
22782	What are wealth and power?
22782	What crown and scepter?
22782	What does Siddhattha say?
22782	What is a kingdom?
22782	What is thy doctrine, venerable monk?
22782	What profit can there be in gossip such as you two carry on?
22782	What shall I do?
22782	Where are you?
22782	Where is your mother?
22782	Who art thou?
22782	Who is this?
22782	Whose is it then, yours or mine?
22782	Why are you so excited?
22782	Why borrow trouble before it comes?
22782	Why did you leave me?
22782	Why didst thou go begging Here in my capital?
22782	Why dost thou shame thy father in his own home?
22782	Will you, my good Lord?
22782	With bowl in hand, a homeless mendicant?
22782	Would you deign to accept his invitation?
22782	Would you like me to play with a viper?
22782	[_ The maid takes his bundle and carries it into the house._] What news do you bring of Prince Siddhattha?
22782	_ A._ Indeed he is and may I be permitted to inform him of the danger that threatens his father''s house?
22782	_ A._ What do you mean?
22782	_ A._ Why?
22782	_ Ap._ Did he ever offer you the support of his vows, or did he ever praise the efficacy of his holiness?
22782	_ Argues with himself._ May I not listen to a traitor''s words, Nor hear him,--profit by his information?
22782	_ B._ And how is Rahula?
22782	_ B._ And shall the world wait for another Buddha?
22782	_ B._ And tell me how the princess fares?
22782	_ B._ But who will laugh at it, my friend?
22782	_ B._ Could we be truly happy while the world Is filled with misery?
22782	_ B._ Dost thou not know this boon is but a burden?
22782	_ B._ How can that be, my good Kala Udayin?
22782	_ B._ Tell me, my friend, how is my father?
22782	_ B._ Thou speakst of Bimbisara, King of Magadha?
22782	_ B._ What sayest thou?
22782	_ B._ Who tells him?
22782	_ B._ Why art thou sad, my good Yasodhara?
22782	_ B._ Wouldest thou not rejoice if I fulfilled My mission; if I reached the highest goal?
22782	_ B._ Wouldst thou by night sleep under forest trees?
22782	_ B._ Wouldst thou go begging food from house to house?
22782	_ B._ Wouldst thou go with me?
22782	_ B._[_ Addressing the vision in the air._] Mara, thou here?
22782	_ Bb._ Are you not a disciple of Gotama, who is called the Buddha?
22782	_ Bb._ What brings you to my presence?
22782	_ Bb._[_ With an inquiring look_] Why?
22782	_ Bb.__ Nodding kindly to VISAKHA, then turning to NAGADEVA._ Is our kingdom in readiness?
22782	_ Dd._ Why do you waste your time, Siddhattha, with this frivolous lad?
22782	_ Exit.__ KALA UDAYIN enters and bows to ANATHA PINDIKA.__ A._ You want to see the Blessed One?
22782	_ G._ First, you are not everybody, and secondly, would it not be a blessing if the whole world would try to be sanctified?
22782	_ G._ Well?
22782	_ G._ What do you want?
22782	_ GS._ Are you the steward of the goddess''property?
22782	_ GS._ What crowd is gathered there with flags and flowers?
22782	_ GS._ What does that signal mean?
22782	_ GS._ Who art thou, wondrous monk?
22782	_ He hesitates.__ S._ Well, Devala?
22782	_ K._ And why should it not, sweet Prince?
22782	_ K._ Could you help him, princess?
22782	_ K._ How can you doubt, my Prince?
22782	_ K._ Then wilt thou be a Buddha?
22782	_ K._ Well then?
22782	_ K._ Why then, good Lord, Why wilt thou not its merry lesson learn?
22782	_ Lost in contemplation._ Is Sakyamuni the Buddha?--Is he truly the Buddha?
22782	_ M._ Wilt thou not listen to my good advice?
22782	_ M._ Wilt thou not stay, my noble Prince Siddhattha?
22782	_ P._ Who told you any news?
22782	_ Pr._ How dar''st thou rudely interfere, strange monk, With our most sacred sacrifice?
22782	_ R._ Did he find them?
22782	_ R._ Did you see father?
22782	_ R._ Has father found the cause of evil?
22782	_ R._ How does a man find the truth?
22782	_ R._ Is father rich?
22782	_ R._ Mother, what is a Buddha?
22782	_ R._ Self?
22782	_ R._ What does that mean, Kala?
22782	_ R._ What does that mean?
22782	_ R._ What is the cause of evil?
22782	_ R._ What?
22782	_ R._ Why does Kala not speak to father?
22782	_ R._ Why does he?
22782	_ R._ Why must he find out the cause of evil?
22782	_ R._ Why should mother not mention father?
22782	_ R._ Will he be king of it?
22782	_ S._ And he is here, this wonderful man?
22782	_ S._ At last thou comest back, my wayward son, But why didst shame me?
22782	_ S._ Bring you good news, Udayin?
22782	_ S._ Do you love him more than your grandfather?
22782	_ S._ Tell me at once, how did your mission speed?
22782	_ S._ There he lives in luxury?
22782	_ S._ What kind of a place is that?
22782	_ S._ What sayest thou, my trusty counselor?
22782	_ S._ What then is your opinion of the case?
22782	_ S._ Where did you find him?
22782	_ S._ Where did you find him?
22782	_ Servant exit.__ Ap._ Is he not one of the disciples of the Buddha?
22782	_ She can scarcely conceal her joy.__ Y._ You heard grandfather say so?
22782	_ The BUDDHA nods and with a distant look sits a few moments in silence.__ B._ And she is a good mother?
22782	_ The moon sinks behind a cloud.__ SIDDHATTHA comes.__ B._ What may the trouble be?
22782	_ The others rise gradually.__ F._ What shall I do, good master?
22782	_ The people rise to their feet again; KALA joins GOPA.__ S._ Tell me, what are the rules of former Buddhas?
22782	_ V._ And has Siddhattha succeeded?
22782	_ V._ Is he dying?
22782	_ V._ What is the idea of these fasts?
22782	_ Y._ And whither did Siddhattha go from Rajagaha?
22782	_ Y._ But where does the thought come from?
22782	_ Y._ Did he speak kindly of us?
22782	_ Y._ Did you meet people who saw him?
22782	_ Y._ How do you know?
22782	_ Y._ How is his health, and will he come back?
22782	_ Y._ Is King Bimbisara so religious?
22782	_ Y._ O good Kala, what shall I do?
22782	_ Y._ What did he bid him?
22782	_ Y._ What did the people of Rajagaha say?
22782	_ Y._ What is it, boy?
22782	_ Y._ Why do you think so?
22782	_ Y._ Why dost thou trouble about others?
22782	_ Y._[_ Addressing Devadatta_] And brother, will you come along?
22782	_ Y._[_ rises_] Why, is it possible?
22782	_ Y._[_ with passionate outburst_] Siddhattha, O my Lord, my husband, what wilt thou do?
22782	_ YASODHARA and PAJAPATI withdraw to the partition behind the curtains.__ S._ You say, that my son is greeted even by kings with clasped hands?
22782	_ YASODHARA picks RAHULA up.__ R._ Why do you sleep on the floor, Mother?
22782	cried I,"What does that word portend?"
22782	did he really say so?
22782	did you hear the news?
22782	enters.__ Ap._ Are they gone, my Lord, and what did you decide?
22782	how is Rahula?
2500	An advice? 2500 And do you know,"Siddhartha continued,"what word it speaks, when you succeed in hearing all of its ten thousand voices at once?"
2500	And do you, sir, intent to continue travelling without clothes?
2500	And now, Siddhartha, what are you now?
2500	And what''s the use of that? 2500 And would you rather die, than obey your father?"
2500	And would you write something for me on this piece of paper?
2500	Are you Siddhartha?
2500	Are you kidding?
2500	But did n''t you yesterday wear a beard, and long hair, and dust in your hair?
2500	But if you do n''t mind me asking: being without possessions, what would you like to give?
2500	But what are you planning to live of, being without possessions?
2500	But what if I had n''t been willing?
2500	But where would you be without me? 2500 Dear Kamala, thus advise me where I should go to, that I''ll find these three things most quickly?"
2500	Did you,so he asked him at one time,"did you too learn that secret from the river: that there is no time?"
2500	Do you hear?
2500	Do you think so?
2500	How come?
2500	How come?
2500	How could I part with him?
2500	How do you think, Govinda,Siddhartha spoke one day while begging this way,"how do you think did we progress?
2500	However did you get here?
2500	I do n''t quite understand yet,asked Govinda,"what do you mean by this?"
2500	If you''re coming from the Samanas, how could you be anything but destitute? 2500 No, my dear, how should I be sad?
2500	Nothing else?
2500	O Siddhartha,he exclaimed,"will your father permit you to do that?"
2500	Permit me to ask, sir, from where do you know my name?
2500	Siddhartha,he spoke,"what are you waiting for?"
2500	So will you abandon your plan?
2500	That''s everything?
2500	Were n''t you already standing out there yesterday, greeting me?
2500	What are you waiting for?
2500	Why did you take the axe along?
2500	Why have you told me this about the stone?
2500	Will you always stand that way and wait, until it''ll becomes morning, noon, and evening?
2500	Would you like to ferry me over?
2500	You have achieved it?
2500	You have found peace?
2500	You''ll go into the forests?
2500	You''re able to read? 2500 You''ve lost your riches?"
2500	Alas, I have also grown old, old-- could you still recognise me?"
2500	And Siddhartha said quietly, as if he was talking to himself:"What is meditation?
2500	And asked:"And only to tell me this, Siddhartha has come to me?"
2500	And could you in any way protect your son from Sansara?
2500	And have you not at one time said to me, you would not walk the path of the Samanas for much longer?"
2500	And now let''s get to it: You are n''t satisfied with Siddhartha as he is, with oil in his hair, but without clothes, without shoes, without money?"
2500	And what about the gods?
2500	And what is it now what you''ve got to give?
2500	And write?"
2500	Are n''t the Samanas entirely without possessions?"
2500	Are n''t you able to do anything else but thinking, fasting, making poetry?"
2500	Are n''t you too, ferryman, a searcher for the right path?"
2500	But are n''t you mistaken in thinking that you would n''t force him, would n''t punish him?
2500	But do we, you and me, know what he is called upon to do, what path to take, what actions to perform, what pain to endure?
2500	But have you not also developed a desire, an eagerness, to hear these teachings?
2500	But he, Siddhartha, where did he belong to?
2500	But is n''t every life, is n''t every work beautiful?"
2500	But look, how shall I put him, who had no tender heart anyhow, into this world?
2500	But speak, lovely Kamala, could n''t you still give me one small advice?"
2500	But tell me, how should this be possible?
2500	But tell me: Have you seen the multitude of my Samanas, my many brothers, who have taken refuge in the teachings?
2500	But tell us, oh mother of the pilgrims, do you know him, the Buddha, have you seen him with your own eyes?"
2500	But what will become of you?
2500	But where, where was this self, this innermost part, this ultimate part?
2500	But you, Siddhartha, where are you going to?"
2500	But you, my honoured friend, do n''t you also want to walk the path of salvation?
2500	By means of teachings, prayer, admonition?
2500	By what do I still recognise that you''re Siddhartha?
2500	Did any Samana or Brahman ever fear, someone might come and grab him and steal his learning, and his religious devotion, and his depth of thought?
2500	Did he have to leave them to become a Kamaswami?
2500	Did he not have to expect the same fate for himself?
2500	Did he not, again and again, have to drink from holy sources, as a thirsty man, from the offerings, from the books, from the disputes of the Brahmans?
2500	Did he still need her, or she him?
2500	Did she not always expect it?
2500	Did the sacrifices give a happy fortune?
2500	Did they not play a game without an ending?
2500	Did we reach any goals?"
2500	Did you mark my words?"
2500	Do n''t you make him feel inferior every day, and do n''t you make it even harder on him with your kindness and patience?
2500	Do n''t you see that he does n''t want to be followed?"
2500	Do n''t you shackle him with your love?
2500	Do you have a faith, or a knowledge, you follow, which helps you to live and to do right?"
2500	Do you have a spell?"
2500	Do you have a teaching?
2500	Do you know it now, Samana from the forest?
2500	Does it please the venerable one to listen to me for one moment longer?"
2500	For example, the fasting-- what is it good for?"
2500	For what else?
2500	For whom else were offerings to be made, who else was to be worshipped but Him, the only one, the Atman?
2500	Govinda said:"But is that what you call` things'', actually something real, something which has existence?
2500	Had his father not also suffered the same pain for him, which he now suffered for his son?
2500	Had his father not long since died, alone, without having seen his son again?
2500	Had not this bird died in him, had he not felt its death?
2500	Have n''t you''ve been a Samana?
2500	Have you never thought of this?"
2500	He smiled a little--was it really necessary, was it right, was it not as foolish game, that he owned a mango- tree, that he owned a garden?
2500	How come?
2500	How could you have learned meditation, holding your breath, insensitivity against hunger and pain there among these wretched people?"
2500	How could you?
2500	How should the Gotama''s teachings, even before we have heard them, have already revealed their best fruit to us?"
2500	Is n''t forced, is n''t he punished by all this?"
2500	Is n''t it just a deception of the Maja, just an image and illusion?
2500	Is n''t it just as if I had turned slowly and on a long detour from a man into a child, from a thinker into a childlike person?
2500	Is n''t it so?"
2500	Kamala pointed to her boy and said:"Did you recognise him as well?
2500	Kamaswami left the room and returned with a scroll, which he handed to his guest while asking:"Can you read this?"
2500	Make offerings?
2500	Might it come from that long, good sleep, which has done me so good?
2500	Might we get closer to enlightenment?
2500	Might we get closer to salvation?
2500	Might you have become destitute, Brahman, so that you seek to serve?"
2500	Often I have thought: Wo n''t Govinda for once also take a step by himself, without me, out of his own soul?
2500	Only Kamala had been dear, had been valuable to him-- but was she still thus?
2500	Or do we perhaps live in a circle-- we, who have thought we were escaping the cycle?"
2500	Or from the fact that I have escaped, that I have completely fled, that I am finally free again and am standing like a child under the sky?
2500	Or from the word Om, which I said?
2500	Or might you have only travelled for your amusement?"
2500	Perhaps that you''re searching far too much?
2500	Perhaps, he had really died, had drowned and was reborn in a new body?
2500	Practise meditation?
2500	Quietly, he asked:"What do you think should I do?"
2500	Quoth Siddhartha after a long pause:"What other thing, Vasudeva?"
2500	Quoth Siddhartha:"What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one?
2500	Quoth the Brahman:"Is that you, Siddhartha?
2500	Sad was how Govinda looked like, sadly he asked: Why have you forsaken me?
2500	Siddhartha answered:"How old, would you think, is our oldest Samana, our venerable teacher?"
2500	So what if he died, how did this concern the boy?
2500	So, where, where was it?
2500	Speak, friend, would n''t we want to go there too and listen to the teachings from the Buddha''s mouth?"
2500	Study?
2500	Tell me, my dear: you''re not taking control of your son''s upbringing?
2500	That in all that searching, you do n''t find the time for finding?"
2500	That perhaps your little son would be spared, because you love him, because you would like to keep him from suffering and pain and disappointment?
2500	The sacrifices and the invocation of the gods were excellent-- but was that all?
2500	Tiredness and hunger had weakened him, and whatever for should he walk on, wherever to, to which goal?
2500	To reach this place, the self, myself, the Atman, there was another way, which was worthwhile looking for?
2500	Very good are the teachings of the exalted one, how could I find a fault in them?"
2500	Was he not a Samana, a man who was at home nowhere, a pilgrim?
2500	Was it necessary to live for this?
2500	Was it not a comedy, a strange and stupid matter, this repetition, this running around in a fateful circle?
2500	Was it not due to this death, that he was now like a child, so full of trust, so without fear, so full of joy?
2500	Was it not the Atman, He, the only one, the singular one?
2500	Was it not this what he used to intend to kill in his ardent years as a penitent?
2500	Was it not this, which today had finally come to its death, here in the forest, by this lovely river?
2500	Was it possible, to breathe in again and again, to breathe out, to feel hunger, to eat again, to sleep again, to sleep with a woman again?
2500	Was it really Prajapati who had created the world?
2500	Was it still at all possible to be alive?
2500	Was it therefore good, was it right, was it meaningful and the highest occupation to make offerings to the gods?
2500	Was not Atman in him, did not the pristine source spring from his heart?
2500	Was this cycle not exhausted and brought to a conclusion for him?
2500	Was this not the river in which he had intended to drown himself, in past times, a hundred years ago, or had he dreamed this?
2500	Were his father''s religious devotion, his teachers warnings, his own knowledge, his own search able to keep him safe?
2500	Were the gods not creations, created like me and you, subject to time, mortal?
2500	What can stand the test?
2500	What is fasting?
2500	What is holding one''s breath?
2500	What is it that you''ve learned, what you''re able to do?"
2500	What is leaving one''s body?
2500	What might you be able to do?"
2500	What remains?
2500	What would be its title?"
2500	What would you be, if Kamala was n''t helping you?"
2500	What, oh Siddhartha, what would then become of all of this what is holy, what is precious, what is venerable on earth?!"
2500	Whatever should I do at home and at my father''s place?
2500	When was there ever a time when he had experienced happiness, felt a true bliss?
2500	Where are you going to, oh friend?"
2500	Where else might my path lead me to?
2500	Where is Siddhartha the Brahman?
2500	Where is Siddhartha the Samana?
2500	Where is Siddhartha the rich man?
2500	Wherever from, he asked his heart, where from did you get this happiness?
2500	Who has kept the Samana Siddhartha safe from Sansara, from sin, from greed, from foolishness?
2500	Who would n''t like to give an advice to a poor, ignorant Samana, who is coming from the jackals of the forest?"
2500	Whose language would he speak?
2500	Why did he, the irreproachable one, have to wash off sins every day, strive for a cleansing every day, over and over every day?
2500	Why had Gotama, at that time, in the hour of all hours, sat down under the bo- tree, where the enlightenment hit him?
2500	Why not?
2500	With whom would he share his life?
2500	Would n''t you, ferryman, like to accept these clothes, which are a nuisance to me, from me?
2500	Would you actually believe that you had committed your foolish acts in order to spare your son from committing them too?
2500	Would you like to give me a kiss for a poem?"
2500	Would you like to tell me something, oh honourable one?"
2500	Would you think, my dear, anybody might perhaps be spared from taking this path?
2500	Would you want to hesitate, do you want to wait any longer?"
2500	Yes, he thought, standing there with his head low, what would remain of all that which seemed to us to be holy?
2500	You also do not love-- how else could you practise love as a craft?
2500	You do n''t beat him?
2500	You do n''t force him?
2500	You do n''t punish him?"
2500	You''ve changed a lot, my friend.--And so you''ve now become a ferryman?"
2500	Your stone, your tree, your river-- are they actually a reality?"
749	''And who is worthy to obtain this?'' 749 And what is the plan?"
749	And who,quoth he,"shall fill thy place, O my father?
749	And who,said he,"is blameable for all my misfortunes but myself, who have dealt with thee so kindly, and cared for thee as no father before?
749	And,said he,"what will be his end?"
749	But idolaters-- to whom shall I compare them, and to what likeness shall I liken their silliness? 749 But tell me, dearly beloved, how thou camest hither?
749	But,said he,"is this the appointed doom of all mankind?
749	But,said he,"why labour ye in vain?
749	Do we not, then, well to laugh you to scorn, or rather to weep over you, as men blind and without understanding? 749 Furthermore, how do the wise and eloquent among the Greeks fail to perceive that law- givers themselves are judged by their own laws?
749	Him therefore, who endured such sufferings for our sakes, and again bestowed such blessings upon us, him dost thou reject and scoff at his Cross? 749 How shall I describe to thee the evils of this life?
749	Lady, and what is thy request?
749	Said the king,''And what is the way that beareth thither?'' 749 The king, endowed with understanding worthy of the purple, said unto him,''What hath hindered thee until now from doing me to wit of these things?
749	Through thine,said they,"we learned to know God, and were redeemed from error, and found rest from every ill. What remaineth us after thou art gone?
749	What man,said they,"can discern the future, and accurately ascertain it?
749	What sayest thou?
749	What,answered the boy,"but the Devils that deceive men?
749	What,said the monk,"seest thou in our case that should by its attractions cause us to cling to life, and be afraid of death at thy hands?
749	Would God,said Ioasaph,"that he too were instructed in these mysteries?"
749	''For how could anything have endured, if it had not been his will?
749	''For''saith he,''why, on behalf of the living, should they seek unto the dead?''
749	Again said Ioasaph,"Why, O king, hast thou been kindled to wrath?
749	Again said the king,"And of what neglect hast thou been guilty?
749	Again the youth asked,"If then this is wo nt to happen not to all, but only to some, can they be known on whom this terrible calamity shall fall?
749	And Ioasaph told him his vision, and said,"Wherefore hast thou laid a net for my feet, and bowed down my soul?
749	And after his holy resurrection Christ made good this three- fold denial with the three- fold question,''Peter, lovest thou me?
749	And did they not present thee to the king in answer to his prayer, thus redeeming him from the bondage of childlessness?"
749	And hath thy father learned to know God, or is he still carried away with his former foolishness, still under the bondage of devilish deceits?"
749	And he said unto them,''Know ye to whom these are like?
749	And how can I describe to thee the glory that shall receive them at that day?
749	And how can a body be careless in the expectation of an unknown death, whose approach( ye say) is as uncertain as it is inexorable?"
749	And how cometh it that thou hast heard the words of God incarnate?
749	And how have ye come to learn that which ye have not seen, that ye have so steadfastly and undoubtingly believed it?
749	And how is that god that can not move called God?
749	And how was earth, that did not exist, produced?
749	And if the elements are not gods, how are the images, created to their honour, gods?
749	And is this alone sufficient for salvation, to believe and be baptized, or must one add other services thereto?"
749	And never having understood them, how shall he despise them?''
749	And shall we men, appointed to die, return to nothing, or is there some other life after our departure hence?
749	And the prophet saith,''When shall I come and appear before the presence of God?''
749	And what canst thou tell of them but unreason and shamefulness, and vain craft that with glosing words concealeth the mire of their unsavoury worship?
749	And what foundation hath it?
749	And what is my recompense for thee?
749	And what is the dread that encompasseth thee?"
749	And what is the uncertain day of death?
749	And what of fire?
749	And what this kingdom which thou callest the kingdom of Heaven?
749	And what will they do in the day of visitation, and to whom will they flee for help?
749	And when he asketh thee,''What meaneth this apparel?''
749	And where will they leave their glory, that they fall not into arrest?
749	And which commandments above all shouldest thou observe?
749	And which of the goodly things of this world can give such gladness as that which the great God giveth to those that love him?
749	And who is he that shall make mention of me after death, when time delivereth all things to forgetfulness?
749	And whom like unto thee shall I find to be shepherd and guide of my soul''s salvation?
749	And why is it that the common herd are pinched with poverty, while thou addest ever to thy store by seizing for thyself the goods of others?
749	And why will ye die, O house of Israel?''
749	And wouldst thou have an example of that which I say?
749	And, if ye fear not death, how came ye to be fleeing?
749	And, thyself wholly riveted to carnal delights and deadly passions, dost thou proclaim the idols of shame and dishonour gods?
749	And, when Ioasaph enquired,"Whose are these exceeding bright crowns of glory, which I see?"
749	Art thou grieved that I have gained such bliss?
749	Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John Damascene(?)
749	But how tell of all that the son spake with his father, and of all the wisdom of his speech?
749	But if the elements are corruptible and subject to necessity, how are they gods?
749	But shew me where thou dwellest?"
749	But tell me truly what is thy manner of life and that of thy companions in the desert, and from whence cometh your raiment and of what sort may it be?
749	But the spirit of vain glory and pleasing of men-- what place had it among them?
749	But what hast thou thyself to say of thy wise men and orators, whose wisdom God hath made foolish, the advocates of the devil?
749	But what is the proof thereof?
749	But what is the proof whereby thou seekest to know the steadfastness of my purpose?"
749	But what is this profit which thou saidest that I should receive of thee?"
749	But what must I do after baptism?
749	But what proof seekest thou, O fool, that thy prophets are liars and ours true, better than the truths I have told thee?
749	But who buyeth God?
749	But, if it be impossible to express in language that glory, that light, and those mysterious blessings, what marvel?
749	But, when it is of the future that ye preach tidings of such vast import, how have ye made your conviction on these matters sure?"
749	Child, wherefore hast thou done this?
749	Contrariwise, how deadly and cursed a thing it is to provoke a father and despise his commands?
749	Didst thou, O king, ever see madness greater than this?
749	Do not your Scriptures teach that all the righteous men of old, patriarchs and prophets, were wedded?
749	Dost thou mark the delusion and lasciviousness that they allege against their gods?
749	Dost thou not know how lovely a thing it is to obey one''s father, and please him in all ways?
749	Dost thou not owe thy life to the gods?
749	Doth it not take iron, which is black and cold in itself, and work it into white heat and harden it?
749	Doth it receive any of the properties of the iron?
749	Else, where were the justice of God, if there were no Resurrection?
749	For he can shew his great strength at all times, and who may withstand the power of his arm?
749	For how could death have remained unknown to any human creature?
749	For how knowest thou whether thou shalt save thy sire, and in wondrous fashion be styled the spiritual father of thy father?
749	For if their gods did so, how should they not themselves do the like?
749	For what is there profitable, abiding or stable therein?
749	For what terror of this life can be so terrible as the Gehenna of eternal fire, that burneth and yet hath no light, that punisheth and never ceaseth?
749	For when a certain rich young man asked the Lord,''What shall I do to inherit eternal life?''
749	For when these skill not to work their own salvation, how can they take care of mankind?
749	For, as your gods have done, why should not also the men that follow them do?
749	Hath he therefore any stain of reproach?
749	He said,''Who then are these men that live a life better than ours?''
749	Hereupon the king, wishing to entrap the monks, as I ween, shrewdly said,"How now?
749	Him were it not better to worship than thy gods of many evil passions, of shameful names and shameful lives?
749	How can such an one, that is an huntress and a ranger with hounds, be a goddess?
749	How can this be?
749	How did thy matters speed after my departure?
749	How much wiser is the unreasonable beast than thou the reasonable man?
749	How must I show my hatred for things present and lay hold on things eternal?
749	How shalt thou converse with God?
749	How speakest thou of forty and five?
749	How then can an adulterer, one that defileth himself by unnatural lust, a slayer of his father be a god?
749	How then can the covetous, the warrior, the bondman and adulterer be a god?
749	How then could I contain such a pearl?"''
749	How then could a drunkard and slayer of his own children, burnt to death by fire, be a god?
749	How then deem they their creators those which have been formed and fashioned by themselves?
749	How then did earth become man?
749	How then shall he take thought for mankind, he the adulterer, the hunter who died a violent death?
749	How then should one prefer the preaching of these few obscure countrymen to the ordinance of the many that are mighty and brilliantly wise?
749	If then Dionysus was slain and unable to help himself, nay, further was a madman, a drunkard, and vagabond, how could he be a god?
749	If thou hast learned to love thy neighbour as thyself, with what right art thou eager to shift the burden off thy back and lay it upon mine?
749	If thou wast seeking Barlaam, thou shouldest certainly have said,''Where is he that hath turned from error and saved the king''s son?''
749	If, therefore, there is joy in heaven over the conversion of a sinner, shall not great recompense be due to the causer of that conversion?
749	In abhorrence of the sight, he cried to his esquires,"Who are these, and what is this distressing spectacle?"
749	In how many talents wilt thou undertake to assist me now?
749	Ioasaph asked,"What is free will and what is choice?"
749	Ioasaph said unto him,"And what is this good hope whereto thou sayest it is impossible without baptism to attain?
749	Ioasaph said unto him,"Hath my father then, learned naught of these things?"
749	Ioasaph said unto the elder,"Are there now others, too, who preach the same doctrines as thou?
749	Ioasaph said,"But whence cometh this garment that thou wearest?"
749	Is it not written that the mighty Peter, whom ye call Prince of the Apostles, was a married man?
749	Is it possible then that one who was prisoner and mutilated should be a god?
749	Is not Paul said to have circumcised Timothy on account of a greater dispensation?
749	Is not a little seed thrown into the womb that receiveth it?
749	Now if Asklepius, though a god, when struck by a thunder- bolt, could not help himself, how can he help others?
749	Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
749	Now what sayest thou thereto, and what is thine advice?
749	O death where is thy sting?
749	O grave, where is thy victory?''
749	Or art thou to- day the only one that teacheth this hatred of the present world?"
749	Or doth it happen only to some?"
749	Or how can he help others who could not help himself?
749	Or is there life beyond, and another world?"
749	Or rather, the idol hath no right to be called even dead, for how can that have died which never lived?
749	Said Ioasaph,"If, then, this kind of philosophy be so ancient and so salutary, how cometh it that so few folk now- a- days follow it?"
749	Said Theudas,"And be ye so weak and puny that ye can not get the better of one young stripling?"
749	Said ye not but this instant, that ye were withdrawing even as I commanded you?
749	Seest thou not that the god that standeth can not sit, and the god that sitteth can not stand?
749	Seest thou not yonder sun, into how many a barren and filthy place he darteth his rays?
749	She, seeking to make the way straight and smooth for him, cried,"Why dost thou, who are so wise, talk thus?
749	So now, tell me without fear, how wast thou so greatly taken with this error, to prefer the bird in the bush to the bird already in the hand?"
749	Tell me whether is better?
749	Than which state what can be more blessed and higher?
749	The boy said,"What is the reason of mine imprisonment here?
749	The chief counsellor seized the happy moment and said,''But to thee, O king, how seemeth their life?''
749	The governor said,"Thou knowest him then?"
749	The king said,"And who are these enemies whom thou biddest me turn out of court?"
749	The king spake unto him,"Why hast thou forced thyself to appear?
749	The monk answered,"And wherefore then spakest thou in this ambiguous manner, asking about him that had deceived the king''s son?
749	The young man heard her hymn of praise and said,''Damsel, what is thine employment?
749	The young prince asked,"Are these the fortune of all men?"
749	Then calling to his son, he said,"Child, what is this report that soundeth in mine ears, and weareth away my soul with despondency?
749	Then said he unto them,"Why bear ye about these dead men''s bones?
749	Then said the king in the hearing of all present,"Art thou the devil''s workman, Barlaam?"
749	Thou fool and blind, why doth not the force of truth bring thee to thy senses?
749	To this said Ioasaph,"But how, after baptism, shall a man keep himself clear from all sin?
749	To what extent then canst thou share my labour?
749	Trow ye that this present life, and luxury, and these shreds of glory, and petty lordship and false prosperity are any great thing?''
749	Upon how many a stinking corpse doth he cast his eye?
749	What God hath ordered, who, of men, can scatter?
749	What consolation may I find in my loss of thee?
749	What evils shall not befall us?"
749	What excuse shall I make, for neglecting his orders, and giving this fellow access unto thee?"
749	What folly?
749	What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?
749	What harm then befell him thereby that thou thinkest to make mock of him?
749	What harm therefore came to God, the Word, that thou blasphemest without a blush?
749	What is the hope that I may count upon at thy hands, O my dearest friend?''
749	What is the manner of thy proof that the Crucified is God, and these be none?"
749	What is the proof that your teachers be right and the others wrong?"
749	What man in his senses could admit it?
749	What reward therefore shall I give thee for all these benefits?
749	What thanks hath the servant if he suffer like as his Master?
749	What thanks shall I offer God for thee?
749	What then must I say about the elements?
749	What thinkest thou, my son?
749	What worthy memorial have they bequeathed to the world?
749	What, is it not written in one of your books,''Marriage is honourable, and the bed undefiled''?
749	What, then, sayest thou, dearest son, hereto?
749	When dead, shall I dissolve into nothingness?
749	When have they given even the smallest answer to their bedesmen?
749	When have they walked, or received any impression of sense?
749	When the iron is smitten and beaten with hammers is the fire any the worse, or doth it in any way suffer harm?
749	When was there ever heard utterance or language from their lips?
749	Whence then cometh such a marvellous fashioning of a living creature?
749	Wherefore saith he this, except he count the kind acts we do unto the needy as done unto himself?
749	Wherefore speakest thou of it as of defilement and shameful intercourse?
749	Wherefore, wretch, attempt the impossible?
749	Which shall I first lament, or which first deplore?
749	Who could endure to defile his lips by the repeating of their filthy communications?
749	Who could recount in order their abominable doings?
749	Who offereth God for sale?
749	Who, then, hath persuaded thee to call this defilement?
749	Why art thou wholly given up to the passions and desires of the flesh, and why is there no looking upward?
749	Why love ye vanity and seek after leasing?
749	Why love ye vanity, and seek after leasing?''
749	Why sittest thou at the feet of things that can not move and help thee?
749	Why therefore flatterest thou things that can not feel?
749	Why, what father was ever seen to be sorrowful in the prosperity of his son?
749	Wilt thou not break away from serving thy many gods, falsely so called, and serve the one, true and living God?
749	Wilt thou not haste past the things which haste pass thee, and attach thyself to that which endureth?
749	Wilt thou not understand this, my father?
749	Wily hast thou barred me within walls and doors, never going forth and seen of none?"
749	With such truths set before us, what must we do to escape the punishments in store for sinners, and to gain the joy of the righteous?"
749	With what words of blessings may I bless thee?
749	Would not such an one be called an enemy rather than a father?
749	Zardan answered,"Why hath it pleased thee, O prince, to prove me that am thy servant?
749	and again,''What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder''?
749	and wherefore, poor and needy as thou art, givest thou thanks as though for great blessings, singing praise to the Giver?''
749	and,''It is better to marry than to burn''?
749	or been preserved, if not called by him?''
749	or is it undefined and unforeseeable?"
749	the true spiritual and eternal death?
749	who could describe the beauty and brightness of that city?
749	who shall deliver me from the body of this death?''