MN 92

Selasutta

With Sela

Majjhima Nikāya · Terj. Bhikkhu Sujato

mn92:10.2 “It’s hard to even find the word ‘awakened one’ in the world.

mn92:10.3 The thirty-two marks of a great man have been handed down in our hymns. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.

mn92:10.4 If he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures.

mn92:10.5 He has the following seven treasures:

mn92:10.6 the wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.

mn92:10.7 He has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.

mn92:10.8 After conquering this land girt by sea, he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.

mn92:10.9 But if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who casts off the veil from the world.”

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