ABSTRACT
"By listening first to robbers' talk," etc. 1 —This the Master told when at Jetavana, about Devadatta. Devadatta became well-pleasing to Prince Ajata-sattu, and had great gain and honour. The Prince had a monastery built for him at Graya-sisa, and five hundred vessels-full of food made of the finest old fragment-rice provided for him daily. Through this patronage Devadatta's following increased greatly, and he lived with his disciples in that monastery.
