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When a campaign of invective grew, Ananda suggested to the Buddha that they should go elsewhere. But the Buddha refused to do so, saying, "I am like the elephant that has entered the fray: I must endure the darts that fall upon me."

-- Notebooks Category 24: The Peace within You > Chapter 3 : Practise Detachment > # 77