upadana.  Upadana is the cause of deeds; and these again engender birth; birth again produces age and death; so does this one incessant round cause the existence of all living things.  Rightly illumined, thoroughly perceiving this, firmly established, thus was he enlightened; destroy birth, old age and death will cease; destroy bhava then will birth cease; destroy “cleaving” then will bhava end; destroy desire then will cleaving end; destroy sensation then will trishna end.  Destroy contact then will end sensation; destroy the six entrances, then will contact cease; the six entrances all destroyed, from this, moreover, names and things will cease.  Knowledge destroyed, names and things will cease; names and things destroyed, then knowledge perishes; ignorance destroyed, then the constituents of individual life will die; the great Rishi was thus perfected in wisdom.  Thus perfected, Buddha then devised for the world’s benefit the eightfold path, right sight, and so on, the only true path for the world to tread.  Thus did he complete the end of “self,” as fire goes out for want of grass; thus he had done what he would have men do; he first had found the way of perfect knowledge.  He finished thus the first great lesson; entering the great Rishi’s house (dreamless sleep), the darkness disappeared; light coming on, perfectly silent, all at rest, he reached at last the exhaustless source of truth; lustrous with all wisdom the great Rishi sat, perfect in gifts, whilst one convulsive throe shook the wide earth.  And now the world was calm again and bright, when Devas, Nagas, spirits, all assembled, amidst the void raise heavenly music, and make their offerings as the law directs.  A gentle cooling breeze sprang up around, and from the sky a fragrant rain distilled; exquisite flowers, not seasonable, bloomed; sweet fruits before their time were ripened.  Great Mandaras, and every sort of heavenly precious flower, from space in rich confusion fell, as tribute to the illustrious monk.  Creatures of every different kind were moved one towards the other lovingly; fear and terror altogether put away, none entertained a hateful thought, and all things living in the world with faultless men consorted freely; the Devas giving up their heavenly joys, sought rather to alleviate the sinner’s sufferings.  Pain and distress grew less and less, the moon of wisdom waxed apace; whilst all the Rishis of the Ikshvaku clan who had received a heavenly birth, beholding Buddha thus benefitting men, were filled with joy and satisfaction; and whilst throughout the heavenly mansions religious offerings fell as raining flowers, the Devas and the Naga spirits, with one voice, praised the Buddha’s virtues; men seeing the religious offerings, hearing, too, the joyous hymn of praise, were all rejoiced in turn; they leapt for unrestrained joy; Mara, the Devaraga, only, felt in his heart great anguish.  Buddha for those seven days, in contemplation lost, his heart at peace, beheld and pondered on the Bodhi