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| 59. Later
Rahula, who was seven years old, was ordained by the Buddha
and became the first novice in the Buddhist tradition. (A
novice is someone who is in training but has not yet taken
the full vows of a monk or nun.) Besides Rahula, the Buddha
also converted his step-brother Nanda and several princes
of the Sakya clan. Among them were his cousins Ananda and
Devadatta. |
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