ABSTRACT
"Follow the Banyan deer" etc.—This the Master told while at Jetavana, about the mother of the Elder named Kumara Kassapa. 1 She, we are told, was the daughter of a rich merchant of the city of Rajagaha; she was deeply rooted in virtue, and despised all transient things; she had reached her last birth, and in her heart the destiny of future Arahatship shone like a lamp within a translucent pitcher. From the time when she knew her own mind she had no pleasure in a lay life, but was desirous to take the vows. And she said to her parents,—
