Devadatta practised in a similar way and with the same books as common Buddhists, but followed the similar tapas and performed rituals to the past three buddhas and not Śākyamuni. In Cullavagga section VII of the Vinayapiṭaka of the Theravādins which deals with schisms, it is told how Devadatta went forth along with a number of the Buddha’s other relatives and clansmen. In the first year he attained psychic power, but made no supermundane achievement. Looking round to see whom he could convince to honour him he decided to approach Prince Ajātasattu, the heir to the Magadhan throne. Having psychic power
Nancy Wilson (religious leader) Nancy Wilson (religious leader) Nancy L. Wilson (born 1950) is an American cleric who served as the Moderator of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC or Metropolitan Community Churches). On Sunday, 29 October 2005, at Washington's National Cathedral, Wilson was installed as Moderator of the Metropolitan Community Churches in succession to the denomination's founder, Troy Perry. Wilson retired from her position in October 2016, and was succeeded by Interim Moderator Rev. Elder Rachelle Brown. Wilson was elected moderator of the denomination of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) by the church's general conference in Calgary, Alberta, in July 2005. In