Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish: Buddha and the gospel of buddhism (London, 1916)

The Order
should not be dissolved)? ’ ” The venerable Anuruddha,
one who had already attained, and was an Arahat, does
not feel the personal and passionate grief which distresses
Ananda, and he says:
When he who from all craving want was free
Who to Nirvana’s tranqziil state had reached
When the great sage finished his span of life
No gasping struggle vexed that steadfast heart!
All resolute, and with unshaken mind
He calmly triumphed o’er the pain of death.
E’en as a bright flame dies away, so was
The last emancipation of his heart.
While Sakka, the king of the gods of heaven, under
Brahma, utters the famous lines :
They're transient all, each being's parts and powers.
Growth is their very nature, and decay.
They are produced, they are dissolved again :
To bring them all into subjection—that is bliss.
IX. THE ORDER
The central institution of Hinayana Buddhism is the
Sangha, the ‘ Company5 of Brethren, the men, and in
smaller number the women, who left the world to walk on
the Path that leads to Arahatta, the attainment of Nibbana.
Gautama himself, together with his disciples, belonged to
the class of religieztx, then well-known as ‘Wanderers’
{Paribbajakas'), who are to be distinguished from the
forest-dwelling hermits (Va.naprasthas'). The Wanderers
travelled about singly or in bands, or took up their
residence for a time in the groves or buildings set apart
for their use by good laymen. Thus we hear of the