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« Father, I offer you a treasure more precious than a kingdom ; namely the. Truth that by curbing our passions we conquer pain and open up the doors of the ineffable peace of the Nirvana ».
Suddhodana then takes the bowl from the Buddha's hands and is converted. Yasodhara, Rahula and all the court press round the magic conqueror of souls.
47th PICTURE.
The four principal disciples of the Buddha: Ananda, Anuruddha, Upali and Devadatta (four medallions).
48th PICTURE.
The court of Bimbisara. His son Ajatasattu plots with Devadatta that he shall usurp the crown and place his companion at the head of the Buddhist community. A riot in the palace. Bimbisara is bound and locked up in a dungeon.
49th PICTURE
The dungeon. Bimbisara, subjected to the torture of having his feet burnt by a red hot iron, dies in torment.
50th PICTURE
Ajatasattu is enthroned.
51st PICTURE.
The Buddha passes under a cliff. Above him is seen Devadatta, who seizes a great boulder and flings it down on the Buddha . The rock merely wounds slightly one of the Buddha's feet, and he proceeds unmoved on his way. Devadatta uiges an infuriated elephant against him, but the beast grows as tame as a lamb on meeting the holy man's eye. Buddha proceeds on his way, and Devadatta, hidden behind a tree, looses a poisoned arrow against him. This, however, merely glances off the person of the saint and drops at his feet, where it is transformed inco a lotus flower.
52nd PICTURE
Devadatta, who has been mortally ill for nine months, has himself carried on a litter to the Buddha. Tn his presence he raises himself on his elbow, and is about to fling himself on the ground; but no sooner does his foot touch the earth than this opens up, great tongues of flame spring from it, and Devadatta is swallowed up by the infernal regions.
PART IV. The last years and the death of the buddha
53rd PICTURE.
The Buddha is seen preaching. The rich merchant Anathapindika appears among his hearers.