They are still on the spot, and however they may be brushed away and removed, they continue to be visible, and cannot be made to disappear.
At this place there is also a tope to Buddha, where a good spirit constantly keeps (all about it) swept and watered, without any labour of man being required.

A king of corrupt views once said, "Since you are able to do this, I will lead a multitude of troops and reside there till the dirt and filth has increased and accumulated, and (see) whether you can cleanse it away or not." The spirit thereupon raised a great wind, which blew (the filth away), and made the place pure.
At this place there are a hundred small topes, at which a man may keep counting a whole day without being able to know (their exact number).
If he be firmly bent on knowing it, he will place a man by the side of each tope.

When this is done, proceeding to count the number of men, whether they be many or few, he will not get to know (the number).( 21) There is a monastery, containing perhaps 600 or 700 monks, in which there is a place where a Pratyeka Buddha used to take his food.

The nirvana ground (where he was burned( 22) after death) is as large as a carriage wheel; and while grass grows all around, on this spot there is none.

The ground also where he dried his clothes produces no grass, but the impression of them, where they lay on it, continues to the present day.
NOTES (1) The name is still remaining in Samkassam, a village forty-five miles northwest of Canouge, lat.