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"â-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han"

A king of corrupt views once said, "Since you are
able to do this, I will lead a multitude of troops and reside there till
the dirt and filth has increased and accumulated, and see whether you
can cleanse it away or not." The spirit thereupon raised a great wind,
which blew the filth away, and made the place pure.
At this place there are many small topes, at which a man may keep
counting a whole day without being able to know their exact number. If
he be firmly bent on knowing it, he will place a man by the side of each
tope. When this is done, proceeding to count the number of the men,
whether they be many or few, he will not get to know the number. [7]
There is a monastery, containing perhaps six hundred or seven hundred
monks, in which there is a place where a Pratyeka Buddha used to take
his food. The nirvana ground where he was burned after death is as large
as a carriage wheel; and while grass grows all around, on this spot
there is none. The ground also where he dried his clothes produces no
grass, but the impression of them, where they lay on it, continues to
the present day.

[Footnote 1: The heaven of Indra or Sakya, meaning "the heaven of
thirty-three classes," a name which has been explained both historically
and mythologically. "The description of it," says Eitel, "tallies in all
respects with the Svarga of Brahmanic mythology.


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