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could visualise the truth. (Yo paticcasamuppadam passati so
dhammam passati). This dictum is accepted not only by the
H墨nay膩nists but also by the Mah膩y膩nists.鹿
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Though Buddhism grew up as a strong religious force
many dissensions gradually occurred among its followers
even during the lifetime of Gautama Buddha. Devadatta, one
of the cousins of Gautama, who is often mentioned in the
certain principles to be followed by the monks, which weine
early Buddhist literature, advocated to the views of
Gautama. He persistently contradicted Gautama Buddha in
the matter of austerity to be observed by the monks. For
example, Devadatta favoured that the monks should compul-
sorily follow. five rules of discipline虏 and urged Gautama
Buddha to ask the monks to strictly adhere to those rules,
while the Master held a lenient view about the austere
practices to be followed by the monk s. Gautama left these
practices to the initiative of the monks rather than
introducing the rules as an obligatory method.
Moreover, many aristocrates of that age also held
quite opposing view regarding the method of religious
practices prescribed by the Buddha and their views were
akin to the views of Devadatta. Among the opponents of
the Buddha, notable were Upananda and Sadavargika.
From
1. Majjhima, I.p.191; Dutt, Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism
pp. 51, 208 f.
2. The five rules of discipline are that the monks:- (1)
"should live in the forest, (ii) dress themselves in
rags picked up from dust heaps, (iii) subsist solely on
doles collected from door to door, (iv) dwell always under
a tree and never under a roof & (v) never eat fish or
flesh" BSI, pp. 38-39.