Devadatta he assumed the form of a young boy clad in snakes and sat in the Prince’s lap, which very much impressed the prince, who became his disciple. Ajātasattu began to send great offerings to Devadatta, and the latter became obsessed with his own worth, and began to have thoughts that it was he who should lead the Sangha, not the Buddha, and he didn’t desist even though this thought brought down his psychic powers. When told about the offerings that Devadatta was receiving, the Buddha remarked that all these gains were only going towards his destruction, just as a plantain
Military Religious Freedom Foundation JAG School, the Air Command and Staff College, and the US Army War College. Jewish veteran Akiva David Miller,<ref name="http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID"> "Orthodox US Jewish Navy Veteran: Chaplains repeatedly tried to convert me", israelenews.com, May 28, 2008.</ref> who alleged he had suffered religious discrimination and aggressive Christian proselyzation while receiving care at the Iowa City, Iowa V.A. Medical Center beginning in 2005 was a client of the MRFF. 2006 saw the exposure by the MRFF of a promotional video by Christian Embassy (an offshoot of the evangelical Campus Crusade for Christ) which was filmed in the Pentagon and featured uniformed Generals. Following