妙法莲华经

free from depravity, self-controlled 2 , thoroughly eman¬ cipated in thought and knowledge, of noble breed, (like unto) great elephants, having done their task, done their duty, acquitted their charge, reached the goal; in whom the ties which bound them to existence were wholly destroyed, whose minds were thoroughly emancipated by perfect knowledge, who had reached the utmost perfection in subduing all their thoughts; who were possessed of the transcendent faculties 3 ; 1 I. e. Vulture Peak. 2 Varlbhfita. Like vasin, it likewise means, ‘having subdued others or the world.’ 8 The five Abhi^mas, viz. the magical powers, the divine ear, S ADD H ARMA-PUJVDARf KA. I. eminent disciples, such as the venerable A^ata- KauwaTinya, the venerable Arva^it, the venerable Vdshpa, the venerable MahAn4man, the venerable Bhadrika 1 , the venerable Mah&-Ki.syapa, the venera¬ ble K&fyapa of Uruvilvd, the venerable Klryapa of Nadi, the venerable KcUyapa of Gay4 2 , the venera¬ ble Aariputra, the venerable Mahi-Maudgalyiyana 3 , the venerable Maha-K&ty&yana 4 , the venerable Ani- ruddha 5 , the venerable Revata, the venerable Kap- phma 6 , the venerable Gavimpati, the venerable Pilindavatsa, the venerable Vakula, the venerable Bh&radvS^a 7 , the venerable Mahi-Kaush^ila 8 , the venerable Nanda (alias Mahinanda), the venerable knowledge of the thoughts of others, knowledge of former exist¬ ences, the divine eye. Sometimes a sixth Abhi^M is added, viz. the knowledge which causes the destruction of human passion; Bumouf, Lotus, p. 820 sqq.; Spence Hardy, Eastern Monachism, p. 284. 1 These are known as the Five Bhadravargiyas, or, in Pali, Pamiavaggiyas; they were the first five disciples.…