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HIS PERSONALITY
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perfection manifests each single sign that marks a Superman.
“Clear-eyed and handsome, tall, upright art thou, effulgent as a sun among thy train, so debonair, so golden-hued; why waste thy beauty’s prime as homeless anchorite.
“As world-wide monarch thou shouldst ride in State; and indeed from sea to sea should own thy sway. Proud princes shall thy village headmen be; rule thou mankind, as sovereign, king of kings.”
Ananda describes the colour of his body as exceedingly clear and bright so much so that the pair of cloth of gold when placed on the body of the Blessed One appears to have lost its splendour.
No wonder he was called by his opponents a glamour boy.
§ 3. His Capacity to Lead
The Sangh had no official head. The Blessed One had no authority over the Sangh. The Sangh was a self-governing body.
What was, however, the position of the Blessed One over the Sangh and its members ?
In this we have the evidence of Sakuldai and Udai, contemporaries of the Blessed One.
Once the Lord was staying at Rajagraha in the bamboo grove.
One morning the Lord went into Rajagraha for alms; but, deeming the hour too early, he thought of going to Sakuldai in Wanderers’ Pleasance; and thither he repaired.
At the time, Sakuldai was sitting with a great company of Wanderers, who were making a great noise about being and not being.
When from some way off, Sakuldai saw the Lord coming, he hushed his company by saying: “Be quiet, sirs; do not make a noise; here comes the recluse Gotama, who is a lover of silence.”
So they became silent and the Lord came up. Said Sakuldai: “I pray the Lord to join us; he is truly
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