Some of them, however, come to life for us: Condanna, the confessor; Sariputta, one of the disciples who is allowed to hear a word similar to that spoken by the Lord to Peter: he compares him to the eldest son of a
world ruler, who, following the king, together with him sets in motion the wheel of
rulership which this king lets roll over the earth; his friend Maha - Moggallana, the possessor of mysterious miraculous power, whose beautiful account of being called is passed on to us in the Mahavagga.
Those who bewailed the whole course of the
world as opposed to God may have hoped that God would seize the
rulership of the
world from heaven, and realize his aims with his pious ones.