Buddha asked him: 'O bhikkhu,
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in whose name have you left
home ? Or w h o is your master ? Or whose doctrine do you like ?'
'O friend,' answered the young man, 'there is the recluse
Gotama, a Sakyan scion, w h o left the Sakya-family to become a
recluse. There is high repute abroad of him that he is an Arahant,
a Fully-Enlightened One. In the name of that Blessed One I have
become a recluse. He is my Master, and I like his doctrine'.
'Where does that Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully-Enlight-
ened One live at the present time ?'
'In the countries to the north, friend, there is a city called
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In India potters' sheds are spacious, and quiet. References are made in the Pali
texts to ascetics and recluses, as well as to the Buddha himself, spending a night in a
potter's shed during their wanderings.
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