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35th PICTURE.
Siddhattha, emaciated to a skeleton by his fasts, does die most arduous penances in the presence of his amazed and admiring disciples.
36th PICTURE.
Convinced by experience that penances do not open the portals of Truth, Siddhatha makes his ablutions once again, and, exhausted as he is, he drags himself along the ground in search of food. A dainty shepherdess appears before him and offers him a pottage of rice and milk. On beholding him eat once again, the five disciples are disgusted and abandon him. Siddhattha takes a bundle of fresh grass from a reaper and carries it off to the foot of a Bo tree. Seated on this, he crosses his legs and gives himself up to medication. The leaves of the tree, which had been waving in the breeze, grow still with all the rest of nature.
37th PICTURE.
Mara, the tempter, assails the holy man with seductions and threats. The hero remains invincible. The demons having dispersed and fled, the secrets of the Supreme Good are revealed to Siddhattha. All nature rejoices.
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PART III.
THE TEACHING. 38th PICTURE.
Siddhattha, now become the Buddha, is at first tempted by Mara not to reveal the redeeming truth to mankind. But Brahma descends from the heavens and succeeds in overcoming the doubts and hesitations of the hero, who exclaims :
« Let the gates of Eternicy be flung open to all ! He that has ears let him listen to the Word and believe ! ».
39th PICTURE.
Buddha preaching. His first disciples, who earlier had forsaken him, now hang upon his lips. The number of these grows to three-score, then to a thousand ; rich and poor, nobles and commoners, young and old, kymen and friars are among them.
40th PICTURE.
The Buddha is seen wandering round the streets of Rajagrha begging his livelihood. King Bimbisara comes reverently towards him and invites him to dine at the palace.
41st PICTURE.
A hall in Bimbisara 's palace. A princely gathering is seated round a copious board. The King himself ministers to the Buddha, and at the end of the banquet he declares his intention of presenting to him the Veluvana Pleasure Grounds.