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APPENDIX A. 365
Immortal's Deer. Since the time when the Honourable of the Age
accomplished the Law, the men of later ages have constructed a
chapel in this place.
Foe, desiring to convert, from among the five men, Keou lin
(Kaundinya), these five men said among themselves : "For six
years this Cha men (S'ramana) Kin tan (Gautama) has practised
austerities; eating, daily, only one hemp-seed and one grain of rice;
and he has not yet been able to obtain the law. A fortiori, when
one lives in the society of men, and gives one's self up to one's
body, mouth, and thoughts, how could one accomplish the doctrine?
When he comes to-day, let us be careful not to speak to him."
When Foe drew near, the five men rose, and did homage to him.
Sixty paces to the north of this spot, Foe, facing the east, sate
down, and began to turn the Wheel of the Law. From among the
five men he converted Keou lin (Kaundinya), Twenty paces to
the north is the spot where Foe recounted his history to Mi le
(Maitreya). Fifty paces thence, to the south, is the place where the
dragon I lo po asked Foe : " In what space of time shall I be able
to obtain deliverance from this dragon's body ? " At all these spots
they have raised towers, among which are two seng Ma len (sanghd-
rdma, or monasteries), in which are devotees.
Immortal's Deer. Since the time when the Honourable of the Age
accomplished the Law, the men of later ages have constructed a
chapel in this place.
Foe, desiring to convert, from among the five men, Keou lin
(Kaundinya), these five men said among themselves : "For six
years this Cha men (S'ramana) Kin tan (Gautama) has practised
austerities; eating, daily, only one hemp-seed and one grain of rice;
and he has not yet been able to obtain the law. A fortiori, when
one lives in the society of men, and gives one's self up to one's
body, mouth, and thoughts, how could one accomplish the doctrine?
When he comes to-day, let us be careful not to speak to him."
When Foe drew near, the five men rose, and did homage to him.
Sixty paces to the north of this spot, Foe, facing the east, sate
down, and began to turn the Wheel of the Law. From among the
five men he converted Keou lin (Kaundinya), Twenty paces to
the north is the spot where Foe recounted his history to Mi le
(Maitreya). Fifty paces thence, to the south, is the place where the
dragon I lo po asked Foe : " In what space of time shall I be able
to obtain deliverance from this dragon's body ? " At all these spots
they have raised towers, among which are two seng Ma len (sanghd-
rdma, or monasteries), in which are devotees.