1. Now when the Blessed One had remained at Râgagaha as long as he thought fit, he set out on his journey towards Benares. And wandering from place to place, he came to Benares, and there at Benares the Blessed One stayed in the deer-park Isipatana.
Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, since the Blessed One had forbidden wooden shoes, used to break off young palmyra palms, and wear shoes made of the talipat leaves 2. The young palmyra plants withered. People were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, 'How can
21:2 These are the leaves on which the MSS. are written.
