yoen

Updated: July 8, 2025

After converting the Jaṭilas he preached to them the celebrated Fire Sermon, said to have been delivered on the eminence now called Brahma Yoen near Gaya and possibly inspired by the spectacle of grass fires which at some seasons may be seen creeping over every hill-side in an Indian night, "Everything, Monks, is burning and how is it burning? With what fire is it burning?

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1