Buddha had summoned the White Elephant and the Green Lion, and was on the point of sentencing them to eternal damnation when the compassionate Miao Shan interceded for them. “Certainly you deserve no forgiveness,” he said, “but I cannot refuse a request made by Page 286Miao Shan, whose clemency is without limit. I give you over to her, to serve and obey her in everything. Follow her.”