The one of them here mentioned
had joined them by the force of circumstances. Being converted by
Buddha, he became a monk.]
[Footnote 4: Arya, meaning "honorable," "venerable," is a title given
only to those who have mastered the four spiritual truths:--(i) that
"misery" is a necessary condition of all sentient existence; this is
duhka: (ii) that the "accumulation" of misery is caused by the passions;
this is samudaya: (iii) that the "extinction" of passion is possible;
this is nirodha: and (iv) that the "path" leads to the extinction of
passion; which is marga. According to their attainment of these truths,
the Aryas, or followers of Buddha, are distinguished into four
classes--Srotapannas, Sakridagamins, Anagamins, and Arhats.]
[Footnote 5: Hsuean-chwang does not give the name of this murderer; see
in Julien's "Vie et Voyages de Hiouen-thsang "--"a heretical Brahman
killed a woman and calumniated Buddha." See also the fuller account in
Beal's "Records of Western Countries," where the murder is committed by
several Brahmacharins. In this passage Beal makes Sundari to be the name
of the murdered person. But the text cannot be so construed.]
[Footnote 6: A devalaya is a place in which a deva is worshipped--a
general name for all Brahmanical temples.]
[Footnote 7: Their speech was somewhat unconnected, but natural enough
in the circumstances.
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