In old Ceylon . Tin: Drum (restored) and Western Altar of Mirisawetiya RUANWELI DAGABA 281 them to stop, so they ceased from their chant. The Kingwould know why they thus stopped their singing, andthey rephed that they had thus interpreted his gesture ofthe hand. Then he had them disabused of the error,and explained his vision ; but some of the prelates, seeingnothing, did not credit his story, but thought the Kingis in anguish, overcome with the terror of death. Thisthe old monk, the Kings friend, perceived, and ponderedhow to convince them that the angels were indeed there inthat pl
In old Ceylon . Tin: Drum (restored) and Western Altar of Mirisawetiya RUANWELI DAGABA 281 them to stop, so they ceased from their chant. The Kingwould know why they thus stopped their singing, andthey rephed that they had thus interpreted his gesture ofthe hand. Then he had them disabused of the error,and explained his vision ; but some of the prelates, seeingnothing, did not credit his story, but thought the Kingis in anguish, overcome with the terror of death. Thisthe old monk, the Kings friend, perceived, and ponderedhow to convince them that the angels were indeed there inthat place ; so the King had wreaths of flowers cast into theair, and they hung to the points of the angelic chariots,and thus the doubters were convinced. And then theKing turned to his old friend, and inquired which of theheavens might be the most delightful. The old monkanswered that the Heaven Tusitapura is a most de-licious abode of spirits, according to the learned and pious,for it is in the Heaven Tusitapura tha
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