tried to kill the Buddha himself by throwing a rock at him from on high, while the Buddha was walking on the slopes of a mountain. As this also failed he decided to have the elephant Nāḷāgiri intoxicated and let him loose on the Buddha while he was on almsround. However, the power of the Buddha's loving-kindness overcame the elephant. Devadatta then decided to create a schism in the order, and collected a few monk friends and demanded that the Buddha accede to the following rules for the monks: they should dwell all their lives in the forest, live entirely on alms obtained by begging, wear only robes made of discarded rags, dwell at the foot of a tree and abstain completely from fish and flesh. The Buddha refused to make any of these compulsory, however, and Devadatta went round blaming him, saying that he was living in abundance and luxury. Devadatta then decided to create a schism and recite the training rules (pātimokkha) apart from the Buddha and his followers, with 500 newly ordained monks. The Buddha sent his two Chief Disciples Sāriputta and Moggallāna to bring back the erring young monks. Devadatta thought they had come to join his Sangha and, asking Sāriputta to give a talk, fell asleep. Then the Chief Disciples persuaded the young monks to return to the Buddha. The Buddha did not show any hatred or deceive, even after what Devadatta had done. Soon after, Devadatta got sick and pretended as realized that what he had done was wrong. He tried to go to the Buddha's place to make false apologize for what he did, but it was too late. On the way to see the Buddha, the earth sucked Devadatta into the Niraya Hell for his evil deeds. Theravāda account According to the Pāli Canon, he taught his sangha to adopt five tapas (literally, austerities) throughout their lives: that monks should dwell all their lives in the forest, that they should accept no invitations to meals, but live entirely on alms obtained by begging, that they should wear only robes made of discarded rags and accept no robes from the laity, that they should dwell at the foot of a tree and not under a roof, that they should abstain completely from fish and flesh. The Buddha's reply was that those who felt so inclined could follow these rules – except that of