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The Discourse on the Great Dreams
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"Monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, five great dreams appeared.
Which five?
Monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, this great earth was a great bed, the Himalaya, the king of mountains, was a pillow, the left hand was laid down in the eastern ocean, the right hand was laid down in the western ocean, both feet were laid down in the southern ocean.
Monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, this first great dream appeared.
"Furthermore, monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, a variety of grass called tiriyā, having grown up from the navel, stood reaching up to the sky. Monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, this second great dream appeared.
"Furthermore, monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, white worms with black heads, having climbed up from the feet, covered up to the knee-caps. Monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, this third great dream appeared.
"Furthermore, monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, four birds of different colours, having come from the four directions, having fallen at his feet, became all white. Monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, this fourth great dream appeared.
"Furthermore, monks, the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, walked back and forth on top of a great mountain of dung, not being soiled by the dung. Monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, this fifth great dream appeared.
"That, monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, this great earth was a great bed, the Himalaya, the king of mountains, was a pillow, the left hand was laid down in the eastern ocean, the right hand was laid down in the western ocean, both feet were laid down in the southern ocean; monks, by the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment was fully awakened to. For that full awakening, this first great dream appeared.
"That, monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, a variety of grass called tiriyā, having grown up from the navel, stood reaching up to the sky; monks, by the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, having fully awakened to the noble eightfold path, it was well proclaimed as far as gods and humans. For that full awakening, this second great dream appeared.
"That, monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, white worms with black heads, having climbed up from the feet, covered up to the knee-caps; monks, many householders clad in white have gone for refuge to the Truth-finder for life. For that full awakening, this third great dream appeared.
"That, monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, four birds of different colours, having come from the four directions, having fallen at his feet, became all white; monks, these four castes - nobles, brahmins, merchants, and workers - having gone forth from home into homelessness in the Teaching and discipline proclaimed by the Truth-finder, realise the unsurpassed liberation. For that full awakening, this fourth great dream appeared.
"That, monks, the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, walked back and forth on top of a great mountain of dung, not being soiled by the dung; monks, the Truth-finder is an obtainer of the requisites of robes, almsfood, lodging and medicine for the sick; the Truth-finder consumes that not greedy, not infatuated, not transgressing, seeing the danger, with wisdom of escape. For that full awakening, this fifth great dream appeared.
"Monks, to the Truth-finder, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One, before the enlightenment, while still unenlightened, being just a Bodhisatta, these five great dreams appeared." The sixth.