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	Devadatta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In one passage in the Vinaya (ii.189), Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta.
		Devadatta's next attempt on the Buddha's life was to persuade elephant-keepers to let loose a fierce elephant, Nalágiri (or Dhanapála), drunk with toddy, on to the road by which the Buddha would pass.
		Devadatta, however, started the journey on a litter, but on reaching Jetavana, he stopped the litter on the banks of the pond and stepped out to wash. The earth opened and he was swallowed up in Avíci, where, after suffering for one hundred thousand kappas, he would be reborn as a Pacceka Buddha called Atthissara.
	www.palikanon.com /english/pali_names/d/devadatta.htm (1964 words)

	12 - Devadatta
		Devadatta was jealous of the Buddha's fame and position.
		Devadatta disturbed the Buddha's Sangha by misguiding his disciples.
		The relationship of the Devadatta and the Buddha cannot be separated with the relationship between the king and the hermit.
	lotus.nichirenshu.org /lotus/lectures/lotus_12.htm (1662 words)

	INEVITABLE SUFFERING AND THE HOPE OF NIBBANA by Sayagyi U Chit Tin 1. People With a Fixed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devadatta became jealous, thinking that since he came from the same clan and had ordained with the others, he should be as highly honoured as they were.[7] He decided he would win favour with a layman in order to win gain and honour.
		Devadatta said, "Do not destroy me. I did bear hatred towards the Buddha, but he has not entertained hatred towards me, not even so much as the tip of a hair." The Buddha was told of his approach, but said that Devadatta would not succeed in seeing him again.
		Devadatta was being carried on a litter by his disciples, and when he arrived at the monastery where the Buddha was staying, he asked to be let down so that he could bathe.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys2/hope_of.htm (4891 words)

	Chapter XVI THE KINDNESS OF THE BUDDHA Upon one occasion when the Buddha was known to be g (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devadatta now gave up the idea of killing the Buddha, after failing these three times; but he was still as determined as ever, one way or another to bring about a break in the Sangha.
		Devadatta therefore suggested to the Buddha that He should make it a strict and fixed Vinaya rule that all His Bhikkhus henceforth should live no longer in any kind of roofed dwelling, but should sleep at night at the foot of a tree in the jungle, or in some open place without a roof.
		Devadatta also wanted the Buddha to command the Bhikkhus not to wear any of the neat, clean, ready-made robes which the people used to give them, but only to cover their bodies with robes which they themselves had put together out of rags picked up on refuse-heaps and in tombs and burial places.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys5/part5.htm (6544 words)

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		And in Devadatta, overcome by the gains, honors, and fame, his mind obsessed by them, there arose the longing to be the one to lead the Order of monks.
		For as long as Prince Ajatasattu goes to him morning and evening, Devadatta's wholesome mental states may be expected to decline, not to grow, just as a fierce dog would become much fiercer if a bladder were thrown at his nose.
		Devadatta's gains, honors and fame bring about his own hurt and destruction." Now at that time the Lord was sitting down teaching Dhamma surrounded by a large company which included a king.
	www.ettl.co.at /unification/ws/theme055 (2792 words)

	Devadatta.
		Devadatta was the enemy of the Buddha who tried to oppose Shakyamuni and caused suffering for those he touched.
		By not mastering the "five Skandas" Devadatta was also not mastering his "mind." If you look at the root of crazy or bad behavior, in all cases it is generally caused by people who are not in control of their desires, suffering from delusions, and are thus living lives of unbridled selfishness and delusion.
		Devadatta's arrogance and hubris had caused him to fail to realize that his "pretense" could not be the same thing as that of the real thing.
	www.geocities.com /chris_holte/Buddhism/IssuesInBuddhism/devadatta.html (5743 words)

	The Jealousy Of Devadatta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		WHEN Devadatta, the son of Suprabuddha and a brother of Yasodhara, became a disciple, he cherished the hope of attaining the same distinctions and honors as Gotama Siddhattha.
		Devadatta called on the Blessed One, requesting him to sanction his rules of greater stringency, by which a greater holiness might be procured.
		Devadatta instigated Ajatasattu to plot against his father Bimbisara, the king, so that the prince would no longer be subject to him.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/btg/btg40.htm (796 words)

	Buddhism in a Nutshell - The Beginning of Buddhism (II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devadatta, the cousin of the Buddha, became disciple of Shakyamuni when Shakyamuni once returned to his mother country.
		However, for years, Devadatta was not well-respected and unable to one of Sangha leaders or chief disciples.
		King Bimblisara, Devadatta managed to cause a split in the Sangha, and requested the Buddha to transfer the power to him.
	www.buddhistdoor.com /passissue/9705/sources/teach32.htm (920 words)

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		Devadatta assumed the form of a lad with a girdle of snakes, and terrified Ajatasattu by appearing in his lap.
		The Prince was of the view that whatever his teacher Devadatta said was good, and was on his way to carry out his plan to murder his father.
		After that, Venerable Devadatta told him that he would be able to rule without any risk of losing the throne only if his father was no longer alive.
	www.buddhism.ndirect.co.uk /46to50.htm (1010 words)

	Buddha's Words - Gotaro2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devadatta was the son of King Suppabuddha and his wife Pamita, who was an aunt of the Buddha.
		The Buddha looked up and seeing Devadatta, he remarked with pity, "Foolish man, you have done many unwholesome deeds for harming the Buddha." Devadatta's third attempt to kill the Blessed One was to make the fierce man-killer elephant, Nalagiri, drunk with liquor.
		Devadatta was happy that the Buddha did not approve of the five rules, and he used these issues to gain supporters and followers.
	www.homestead.com /gotaro2/Page5B.html (5909 words)

	46. Devadatta's plan to get more alms by winning over Ajatasattu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devadatta assumed the form of a lad with a girdle of snakes, and terrified Adjatasattu by appearing in his lap.
		I am the person known as Venerable Devadatta." He then assumed is proper form as a monk with the bowl and robes, and stood in front of the prince.
		Devadatta secured more than enough alms according to his original plan.
	www.goldenlandpages.com /hotspots/buddhism/46.htm (178 words)

	Letter to Horen
		Devadatta, however, did not command such respect from others, so he began to consider whether there was not some way he could gain worldly fame that would surpass that of the Buddha.
		And because Devadatta observed these rules, people came to believe that he was far superior to the Buddha, and that they were as far apart as clouds and mud.
		Devadatta, jealous of such devotion and hoping to secure it for himself, won Prince Enemy Before Birth3 over to his side and persuaded him to kill his father.
	www.purifymind.com /LetterHoren.htm (10357 words)

	ratheesh: HayavadanaToday I read the play Hayavada
		Devadatta is a man of "intellect", and Kapila a man of "muscles".
		Devadatta falls in love with Padmini and marries her.
		Devadatta watches everything silently, and his desperate state of mind reaches its peak when Padmini praises Kapila's imagination and tells to her husband: "You should put it in your poetry.
	www.livejournal.com /users/ratheesh/177261.html (560 words)

	Prince Siddhartha Remembers He Was Once A Great Swan
		As Siddhartha could run faster than Devadatta, he reached the bird first and found, to his surprise, that the swan was still alive.
		Devadatta was very angry to see his cousin keeping the swan away from him.
		Devadatta agreed, so of them went to the Court of the Elders to tell them about their quarrel.
	www.anaflora.com /articles/ana-saints/saint-9.html (424 words)

	The Buddha and His Teaching - Narada - 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devadatta was the son of King Suppabuddha and Pamitā an aunt of the Buddha.
		Devadatta made another unsuccessful attempt to kill the Buddha by dispatching the elephant Nālāgiri, after infuriating him with liquor, against the Teacher.
		By this last wicked act Devadatta became extremely unpopular, and public opinion was so much against him that the King was compelled to withdraw his patronage.
	www.budsas.org /ebud/budtch/budteach10.htm (5685 words)

	Dharma Realm Buddhist Association - Dharma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devadatta is usually presented as the archetypical earthly enemy of the Buddha, in much the same fashion that Mara (see demons) is portrayed as the Buddha's heavenly opponent.
		At the end of his life Devadatta again wished to draw near to the Buddha, but on the journey the earth is said to have opened up and swallowed him.
		The younger brother was Devadatta in a former life, and the elder was King Ajatasatru, the one who locked his parents in jail.
	www.drba.org /dharma/btts/9xxentrydetail.asp?wid=80 (798 words)

	Devadatta Destroyed by his Own Lust for Offerings and Power
		Devadatta received offerings in great measure and yet his following of disciples was very small in number.
		Devadatta then had the evil idea to pushing down [a boulder] from the mountain to crush the Buddha.
		Devadatta's body possessed thirty of the marks of a great man and yet he was unable to resist and overcome his own mind.
	www.kalavinka.org /jewels/nagajuna/mppu/webpati/devdestr.htm (1065 words)

	Devadatta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He was believed by the foolish, and in spite of the Buddha's warning against the dire sin of causing schism in the Order, Devadatta informed Amanda of his intention of holding an uposatha meeting without the Buddha, and, having persuaded five hundred newly ordained monks from Vesáli to join him, he went out to Gayásísa.
		When Devadatta discovered what had happened, hot blood came from his mouth, and for nine months he lay grievously ill. (The Vinaya account omits the kicking, but it is mentioned in DhA.i.143 and in J.i.491).
		Devadatta, however, started the journey on a litter, but on reaching Jetavana, he stopped the litter on the banks of the pond and stepped out to wash.
	www.metta.lk /pali-utils/Pali-Proper-Names/devadatta.htm (1965 words)

	Chapter Nineteen
		Devadatta truly represents the "villain." Known as "traitorous Devadatta," in terms of evil it would be difficult to find a person of comparable villainy.
		Devadatta, too, in terms of the true aspect of his life, is also an entity of the oneness of good and evil.
		Devadatta who had been Shakyamuni's teacher in a past life was in fact the entity of the Mystic Law.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /the_lotus_sutra_study_center/wisdom_of_the_lotus_sutra_number_19.htm (7352 words)

	Chapter Eleven
		In any event, Devadatta is thought to have been younger than Shakyamuni, and to have renounced secular life about fifteen years after Shakyamuni attained enlightenment.
		Devadatta's reaction is said to have been one of profound humiliation at having been put to shame in front of others.
		This order, which revered Devadatta as an enlightened being, is thought to have survived in Indian society for as long as a thousand years.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /the_lotus_sutra_study_center/wisdom_of_the_lotus_sutra_number_11.htm (16963 words)

	BSQ Tracts on Buddhism No. 11
		Devadatta is recorded as having resorted to many stratagems to displace the Buddha and place himself at the head of the Sangha including plots to kill the Buddha.
		These rules proposed by Devadatta are not, of course, identical to the views and practices we have identified as characteristic of the modern tâpasa and "forest" monks belonging to the heterodoxy we have identified.
		Devadatta also attempted to make the Bhikkhu the equivalent of the Brahmanical priest, and this aspect too has some similarity with some of the traits of the Heterodoxy we are dealing with.
	uqconnect.net /slsoc/bsq/bsqtr11.htm (10371 words)

	Letter to Horen
		The Buddha was the son and heir of King Shuddhodana, and Devadatta was a son of King Dronodana.
		She was the most beautiful woman in all of the five regions of India, a veritable goddess whose fame was known throughout the four seas.
		Devadatta had thirty of the distinctive features, but lacked the tuft of white hair and the markings of the thousand-spoked wheel.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/library/Nichiren/Gosho/LetterHoren.htm (10734 words)

	Vegetarianism
		The exchange with Devadatta is generally cited as the justification for the belief that we Buddhists of today should eat meat and not be vegetarians.
		But Shakyamuni’s words to Devadatta were meant to apply only to monks and nuns, who were entirely dependent on the kind offerings of lay people for their sustenance.
		It is their intention to master all Dharmas, faithfully serve all Buddhas, save all sentient beings, and so forth as they have pledged in taking upon themselves the five great vows of the bodhisattva.
	quietmountain.org /dharmacenters/buddhadendo/vege.htm (1732 words)

	World Scripture - Andrew Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As Devadatta was meditating in private, a reasoning arose in his mind thus: "Whom could I now please so that, because he is pleased with me, much gain and honor would accrue to me?" And he thought of Prince Ajatasattu.
		Devadatta's friends replied, "It is possible, with these five policies, to make a schism in the recluse Gotama's Order, a breaking of the concord.
		Devadatta was joyful and elated that the Lord did not accept these five policies.
	www.unification.org /ucbooks/WorldScr/WS-08-03.htm (2874 words)

	Animefringe: July 2004 - Reviews - Buddha Vol. 3: Devadatta
		He accepts the fact that everyone must die, but it is his goal to append meaning to each person's life.
		This volume does not focus on the life of Siddhartha, however, but instead turns the readers' attention to the origin of Devadatta.
		Rejected from society, Devadatta is taken in by a wolf pack and raised as one of them.
	www.animefringe.com /magazine/2004/07/review/09.php (655 words)

	The Gospel of Buddha - Paul Carus (1894) - Chapter 39 of 100
		Devadatta went to Rajagaha and gained the ear of Ajatasattu, the son of King Bimbisara.
		Devadatta instigated Ajatasattu to plot against his father Bimbisara, the king,
		but Devadatta still tried to become the founder of a religious school of his own.
	www.mountainman.com.au /buddha/carus_39.htm (714 words)

	Vandemataram.com - Vande Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devadatta was a cousin and disciple of the Master, Infatuated with the lust for power, Devadatta wished to set himself up as the leader of the Order.
		Devadatta secretly plotted to put an end to the Buddhas life.
		Devadatta so arranged that when the Buddha passed by, Nalagiri would be let loose after him.
	www.vandemataram.com /vandestory/Story70.htm (516 words)

	Hoasen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lþi ð¡c, cung kính, danh v÷ng kh·i lên, ðßa ðªn di®t vong cho Devadatta.
		Cûng nhß v§y, này các TÖ-kheo, lþi ð¡c, cung kính, danh v÷ng kh·i lên, ðßa ðªn tñ hÕi cho Devadatta.
		Cûng v§y, này các TÖ-kheo, lþi ð¡c, cung kính, danh v÷ng kh·i lên, ðßa ðªn tñ hÕi cho Devadatta.
	www.saigon.com /~hoasen/2-06-04.htm (1248 words)

	The Collected Works of Shinran Major Expositions KGSS III : 117-118
		At that time, the evil person Devadatta, also because of karmic causes from the past, awakened thoughts of no good regarding me and wanted to kill me. Having acquired the five transcendent powers, he soon gained the confidence of Prince Sudarsana.
		Devadatta fell to the ground, and about his body a violent wind arose, blowing dust and earth which completely covered and soiled him.
		Devadatta said, "Before you were born, all the soothsayers declared, 'This infant, once it has been born, will assuredly slay its father.' For this reason, the common people all call you 'Unborn Enemy.' Everyone close to you, in order to protect you feelings, calls you Sudarsana.
	www.shinranworks.com /majorexpositions/kgssIII-117_118.htm (1156 words)

	Resource Library/Justice Chronicle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Probably Devadatta's inner mind was not that of a person of faith but of a person of ambition.
		Devadatta, perhaps on account of arrogance, was such a person, and so in the end he departed from the path of a person of faith.
		It may be that in private Shakyamuni had previously warned Devadatta, and that he only took the step of a public reprimand because Devadatta had not heeded the Buddha's earlier warnings.
	www.sokaspirit.org /resource/justice_17.shtml (1564 words)

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