CORRECTIONS In preparing this electronic edition for DharmaNet, some minor changes and corrections were made to the original text. These include changing the spellings of certain words from British to American English and adapting punctuation and style to conform more closely to the Chicago Manual of Style (13th edition) guidelines. In addition, the following changes were made ("---->" means "was changed to"): 1. p.5, line 6 up: King Suddhodana's son also the name ----> King Suddhodana's son also. The name 2. p.9, line 11 up: strength. And not only towards his horses but towards -----> 3. p.9, line 4-5 up: and when he was quite to others as far as he could, 4. p. 24, line 15: never hear anything and pleasant sounds ----> never hear anything but the pleasant sounds 5. p 108, last 5 lines: The King thought it was very strange that none of his messengers had come back with any answer, and ask Yasodhara his son's wife, to try what she could do to get an answer from Him, and bring Him to Kapilavatthu. ----> The King thought it was very strange that none of his messengers had come back with any answer. He asked Yasodhara, his son's wife, to try do what she could to get an answer from Him, and to bring Him to Kapilavatthu. 6. p 118, middle: try to trap in Him what He said ----> try to trap Him in what He said 7. p 152, line 3 up: feel very sure they would get if they asked for it ----> feel very sure they would not get if they asked for it 8. p 154, line 9-10: and Devadatta became his obedient and devoted supporter ----> and the Prince became his obedient and devoted supporter * * * * * * * *