42	SAKYAMUNI THE BUDDHA,
the stoical elders it labels Hinayana or Narrow Way, In
the south Nibbana was an ever-receding goal: in the north,
Paradise was a present reality. In the south men sought
more and more despairingly to imitate the Founder: in
the north they rather worshipped him and other Buddhas
and Bodhisattvas or heavenly helpers of their aspiration.
THE SPIRIT OF BUDDHISM
L what is taught and what is withheld
Once the Exalted One was staying at Kosambi, in Siinsapa
Grove. Then the Exalted One, taking up a handful of simsapa
leaves, said to the brethren:
'Now what think ye, brethren? Which are more, these few
simsapa leaves that I hold in my hand, or those that arc in the
simsapa grove above?'
Tew in number, Lord, are those simsapa leaves that are in the
hand of the Exalted One; far more in number are those in the
simsapa grove above/
*Just so, brethren, those things that I know by my super-know-
ledge, but have not revealed, are greater by far in number than those
things that I have revealed. And why, brethren, have I not
revealed them ?
'Because, brethren, they do not conduce to profit, are not con*
cerned with the holy life, they do not tend to repulsion, to cessation,
to calm, to the super-knowledge, to the perfect wisdom, to Nibbana.
That is why I have not revealed them.
Then what, brethren, have I revealed? That This is 111,
brethren, has been revealed by me: that This is the arising of 111:
that This is the ceasing of 111: that This is the approach to the
ceasing of 111. And why have I so revealed it? Because^ brethren,
it conduces to profit	to Nibbana.
'Wherefore, brethren, do ye exert yourselves to realize "This is
111, this is the arising of 111, this is the ceasing of 111, this is the
approach to the ceasing of 111",'
Samyutta Nikaya, v.
II. the noble eight-fold path to nibbana
1.	Right Understanding,
t   t*         ,. ^
2.	Right Mindedness,     f L Pafifia, Enhghtenment
Sammasankappo