Maha Buddhavamsa
The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw
A Thousand Sakya Prince Receive
Ordination from Tathagata
After helping his father, King Suddhodana, to achieve
three levels of Fruit (Sotapatti-Phala, Sakadagami-Phala, and
Anagami-Phala), Tathagata left Kapilavatthu accompanied
by twenty thousand Arahanta and journeyed to
Rajagaha; upon arrival at the mango grove Anupiya in the Mala kingdom,
Buddha stopped the journey to rest.
At that time, King Suddhodana calling all family
members of Kingdom of Sakya to get together and say:
"O family members of Sakya kingdom, if my son chooses to
became the ruler, the seven treasures will appear and he will surely
become a king who ruled the world in four continents. And my grandson
Rahula, who deserve to be heirloom crown prince (from seven
inheritance) will accompany the king of the world together with
the kings knights undergo any government wherever wheel of
heirloom spinning. You all Sakya rulers should be aware of
this case. "
"Now my precious son who has become a Buddha,
King of the Three Realms, (He is the Buddha royal scion), so only
the princes of royal blood that worthy to serve Him.
Therefore, I ask you, every royal family
submit a prince. (And I'll arrange in order to
ordained in presence of my son, the Buddha). "
They all declared his ability to say,
"Well, Your Honor" and a thousand princes of the royal family
spontaneously followed the king went to the mango grove Anupiya
and received ordination from the Buddha.
Six ordination Prince and Upali, The Barber
At the ceremony of reading the palm of the hand, after the birth Bodhisatta,
all family members from eighty royal family,
promised "Is He later became a king of the world or a
Buddha, we will see him traveling with serviced by
only the princes hereditary kings. "Although a lot of Prince
Sakya has received an ordination, the six princes, namely:
1. Prince Bhaddiya (which by then had become king),
2. Prince Anuruddha,
3. Prince Ananda,
4. Prince Bhagu,
5. Prince Kimbila,
6. Prince Devadatta.
The Sakya family member is considered not feasible, they
criticize and express their disapproval by saying,
"We all gave our son to be ordained, but
six princes behave as if they were strangers
and not relatives; why they still have not received
ordination? "
Then came his brother Prince Mahanama, Anuruddha
and discuss, "My brother, Anuruddha, none of our family
who have been ordained, so one of us should be ordained. "
Prince Anuruddha is a very friendly and
soft, was born and grew up in luxury. Anuruddha
is a prince who had never heard the word
'No', and not knowing its meaning.
Prince Anuruddha The Not Knowing Meaning of the Word 'No'
One day, the six princes had been playing marbles, with betting
the loser must provide the cake.
It was defeated and appropriate Anuruddha bet, he must send
a servant to her mother to provide the cake. His mother
prepare the cake according permintannya.
Six prince was happy to enjoy the cake and continue to play,
round after round. Anuruddha always suffer defeat; mother
fulfill his wish three times in a row. But when he
send a servant for the fourth time, his mother forced
the maid to answer 'PUVA natthi' meaning
'There is no cake. "
Since Prince Anuruddha not understand the meaning of the word 'no', he thought
It is a kind of cake, so he sent back his servant to
brought cookies' does not exist. "Her mother, understand the fact that
son does not know the meaning of the word 'no', consider
to teach him the meaning of the word 'no', he wisely took the
a gold-covered bowl empty bowl the other and
send it to his son.
At that time, the gods guard the city considering the merits
Anuruddha in past lives, "As Annabàra, a
poor, he sincerely mendanakan rations he
hard-earned to a Buddhist Pacceka
named Uparittha, and expressed his wish, "May I
free from desire, not to hear the word 'no', even
do not know the source of food (rice). The gods are aware
that they will not be allowed to attend meetings
heavenly creatures if they let Anuruddha
see an empty cup; moreover, their heads will
broken into seven pieces because of negligence. Because of
that, they fill the empty golden bowl with
heavenly cakes.
At the top of the game, when the bowl is filled with
heavenly cakes opened, the atmosphere around the city filled with
fragrance, and taste the food flowing in the seven thousand
Anuruddha bit nervous when the cake in his mouth.
Anuruddha thought, "So far my mother has never made
cake 'no' for me. It seems he does not love me.
From now on, I will not eat the cake other than this cake. "
On arrival he was in the palace, he asked his mother, "O mother, whether
you love me or not? "Her mother replied," My son
Anuruddha, like someone who only has one eye
will cherish and be grateful, as I
love you more than others; more than my own heart. "
Anuruddha then asked, "O mother, why, despite
you so love me, you never made
the cake for this? "
When the mother heard this question, he called the waiter and
asked, "Young man, if there is something in the bowl
was that? "He replied," O mother, the bowl was filled to the brim
with various kinds of delicious foods I've never seen
earlier. "The mother then realized that his son must have been
a powerful and noble, which has many services
virtue of the past. He considers that certain
the gods who filled delicacies into a bowl and
send it to the prince.
Anuruddha then said to his mother, "O mother, since then
I will not eat food other than cake 'no';
for me, make a cake just 'no' only. "Since then, her mother
just send an empty bowl that is covered by the bowl
Another blank if there is demand for food from his son. Before
ordination, during his life as the laity, is the
the god who sent a cake for him. How could
Anuruddha who do not understand the meaning of the word 'no' can understand
monastic and ordination?
Therefore, Anuruddha asked his brother, Mahanama,
"O brother, what do you mean by ordination, such as
is it? "Mahanama replied," My brother, a
receive ordination should shave his hair and beard,
dyed robes, sleep on a wooden cot, or bed of
bamboo, around collecting alms; thus
life of a receiving ordination. "Anuruddha
replied, "O sister, I'm a smooth and soft, I
not able to live the life of a receiving
ordination. "
Mahanama replied, "My brother Anuruddha, then, you
should learn about worldly affairs and began to think
household, because it is certain that one of the two
brothers should receive ordination. "Anuruddha asked," O
Brother, what do you mean by 'worldly'? "
How could a descendant of such high
Anuruddha who do not understand the source of daily food
can understand the worldly affairs?
Prince Anuruddha and Others Do not Know Source of
Food
Three princes, namely, Kimbila, Bhaddiya, and Anuruddha was
discussing food sources. Prince Kimbila argues
that the barn is a source of food! Prince Bhaddiya
reject his opinion and said, "You do not know
actual food sources: remember, a pot is
source of real food. "In turn Anuruddha said,
"You two do not know the source of food, source
gold plate is decorated with jewels. "
Third prince does not know the source of food (rice),
so then Anuruddha asked innocently to
her sister, "O Brother, whether it's worldly affairs?"
Prince Anuruddha Being Tired With This World
The brother Mahanama said, "My brother, Anuruddha, come here, I
will teach you about worldly affairs:
1. Someone had to plow their fields during the rainy season;
2. Plowing should be followed by planting seed;
3. After planting seeds, rice fields have to be watered (at the time
appropriate);
4. Water must be drained and dried (at time
right);
5. After draining the water, had to clean the grass-
weeds;
6. After clearing the weeds, the rice must be harvested
if it is sufficiently mature;
7. After harvesting, the rice should be transported to the processing;
8. For milled rice should be sown;
9. After the sow rice, grinding should be done
carefully;
10. After milling, leather-bran should be separated by
shake-goncangkan rice;
11. Then the rice-paddy that is not peeling must be removed;
12. Rice is produced must be ditampi after removing
paddy-rice that is not peeling;
13. After winnowing, the rice should be stored in a barn;
14. Once everything is completed, the same job should
repeated every year. "
Hearing this explanation, Anuruddha said to his brother,
"O Brother, all worldly affairs is really grueling and not
end; when will all these worldly affairs can be ended, when
we can see the end of all this business? When will we be able to
enjoy worldly pleasures five comfortably, without having to
will worry about worldly life? "He grunted with
restless and tired.
His brother later told him, "So, little sister,
Anuruddha, worldly affairs is very tiring and there is no
end; fathers and our grandfathers had died before the matter
worldly ends. "Then Anuruddha said," O Brother,
if so, for you to understand the worldly affairs, the better
you remain a layman and take over responsibility
responsibility; I'll leave their homes and
through life without a hermit's house, "Thus
he agreed to accept ordination.
Anuruddha then approached her and said "O mother, I
want to receive ordination; please allow me "then the
the mother replied "My dear boy, Anuruddha, I love
you guys, two brothers, with a very deep love.
Even if death do us part, it is not my wish.
How I can, while still alive, giving
you, permission to accept the ordination (this is not possible). "
Anuruddha apply for a second time to
get the blessing of his mother, but get the same answer.
Again, for the third time, he begged his mother's blessing to
received ordination.
At that time, Prince was holding the Sakya Bhaddiya
the reins of power over the Sakya clan. (King Suddhodana then
was about ninety years only as an advisor).
The ruler, King Bhaddiya, is a close friend of Prince
Anuruddha. The king thought, "At this time my son's friend, Lord
Sakya King Bhaddiya still the ruler of the tribe of the Kingdom
Sakya. King Bhaddiya can not, by any means, receiving
ordination, at least at the moment, so he says
to Anuruddha, "My son Anuruddha, you get
my permission to receive ordination, if your best friend King Bhaddiya
also receive ordination. "
Anuruddha then approached his friend and begged,
"O My friend Bhaddiya, penahbisanku hanging thee."
Bhaddiya then replied, "O my friend Anuruddha, if any
relationship between penahbisanmu and myself, hopefully that relationship
disappeared. You and I .... "(Here what to say
Bhaddiya as a form of love to his friend is,
"You and I both will receive ordination." But
because it was prevented by clinging for luxury as
king, he paused when he said 'You and I' and
continued with "You must accept ordination
you want. "Nevertheless, Anuruddha pleaded again,
"Come, my friend, let us receive the ordination together."
Then Bhaddiya give a straight answer, "My friends
Anuruddha, I can not accept the ordination, but I
ready to do whatever I can to my friend,
but to accept ordination. (With respect to ordination),
you please accept it themselves. "
Furthermore, Anuruddha urgent, "My friend, my mother said 'if
friend, King Bhaddiya ready for ordination, you also
should accept it. "O friend Bhaddiya, you'd say, 'O
Anuruddha friend, if there is a relationship between penahbisanmu and
me, hopefully that relationship disappears; you and me .... Thou
should you wish to receive ordination. "(Almost
at the point where you grant my wish) you
lie and you say the words to circumvent
responsibility. O friend, Bhaddiya, let us go .... Let
we both receive ordination. "Thus Anuruddha fixed
making it impossible to force rejected.
(The people at the time it always speaks the truth: they uphold
honesty. They rated better than words, they
always keep their words).
Bhaddiya king said, "My friends Anuruddha, please wait
for seven years and we will together receive
ordination. "" My friend Bhaddiya, seven years too long; I
can not wait so long "replied Anuruddha. Bhaddiya
replied, "Please wait for six years," and
consecutive five, four, three, two, one year, one less
year each time; "At the end of one year, we shared
will receive ordination. "But Anuruddha force," O
my best friend, Bhaddiya, one year too long, I can not
waited so long. "
Bhaddiya then asked Anuruddha to wait
for seven months, then they will accept the ordination.
Anuruddha replied that the period of seven months is still too
long and he can not wait so long. Bhaddiya finally
lowered from seven to six, five, four, three, two, one
and finally a half months (fifteen days). But Anuruddha
still disagreed and said that the fifteen-day still
too long and he could not wait so long.
Finally King Bhaddiya (proposed last suggestion) requested
seven days to do the handover of responsibility
as a king to his son. Anuruddha satisfied and said
"My friends Bhaddiya, seven days not too long and I will
wait for seven days "and they reached agreement.
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