After seven days, the Buddha came out from that stillness and went from the Bodhi tree to a goatherd’s banyan tree. There too he sat cross-legged for seven days without moving, experiencing the bliss of freedom.

Then a brahmin devoted to mystical mantras went up to the Buddha, exchanged pleasantries with him, and said, “Good Gotama, how is one a brahmin? What are the qualities that make one a brahmin?”

Seeing the significance of this, the Buddha uttered a heartfelt exclamation: “The brahmin who has shut out bad qualities, Who does not murmur mystical mantras, <j>but is free from flaws and self-controlled, Who has reached final knowledge <j>and has fulfilled the spiritual life—He may rightly proclaim the highest doctrine, Having no pride about anything in the world.” The account with the goatherd’s banyan tree is finished.

3. The account with the powderpuff tree