nto Rṅjagaha for alms. Devadatta saw me going for alms in Rṅjagaha and, on seeing me, went up to me. On arrival, he said to me, ), # Right single quote ('â', From this day forward, friend ṅnanda, I will conduct the uposatha & community transactions apart from the Blessed One, apart from the community of monks.â Lord, today Devadatta will split the community. He will conduct the uposatha & community transactions [apart from the community]." Then, on realizing the significance of that, the Blessed One on that occasion exclaimed: The good, for the good, is easy to do. The good, for the evil, is hard to do. Evil, for the evil, is easy to do. Evil, for the noble ones, is hard to do. - --> - - - -