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The Discourse on the Marvels of the Truth-finder (First)
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"Monks, with the manifestation of a Truth-finder, a Worthy One, a Perfectly Enlightened One, four wonderful and marvellous phenomena become manifest.
Which four?
When, monks, a Bodhisatta, having passed away from the Tusita realm, mindful and fully aware, descends into his mother's womb, then in the world with its gods, with its Māras, with its Brahmās, among the generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its gods and humans, an immeasurable, eminent light appears, surpassing even the divine power of the gods.
Even in those world-interstices, miserable, uncovered, dark, of blinding darkness, where these moon and sun, so powerful, so mighty, do not reach with their radiance, there too an immeasurable, eminent light appears, surpassing even the divine power of the gods.
And those beings who have been reborn there, they too perceive one another by that light -
'So there are indeed other beings reborn here, friend.'
Monks, with the manifestation of a Truth-finder, a Worthy One, a Perfectly Enlightened One, this is the first wonderful and marvellous phenomenon that becomes manifest.
"Furthermore, monks, when a Bodhisatta, mindful and fully aware, emerges from his mother's womb, then in the world with its gods, with its Māras, with its Brahmās, among the generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its gods and humans, an immeasurable, eminent light appears, surpassing even the divine power of the gods. Even in those world-interstices, miserable, uncovered, dark, of blinding darkness, where these moon and sun, so powerful, so mighty, do not reach with their radiance, there too an immeasurable, eminent light appears, surpassing even the divine power of the gods. And those beings who have been reborn there, they too perceive one another by that light - 'So there are indeed other beings reborn here, friend.' Monks, with the manifestation of a Truth-finder, a Worthy One, a Perfectly Enlightened One, this is the second wonderful and marvellous phenomenon that becomes manifest.
"Furthermore, monks, when a Truth-finder fully awakens to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment, then in the world with its gods, with its Māras, with its Brahmās, among the generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its gods and humans, an immeasurable, eminent light appears, surpassing even the divine power of the gods. Even in those world-interstices, miserable, uncovered, dark, of blinding darkness, where these moon and sun, so powerful, so mighty, do not reach with their radiance, there too an immeasurable, eminent light appears, surpassing even the divine power of the gods. And those beings who have been reborn there, they too perceive one another by that light - 'So there are indeed other beings reborn here, friend.' Monks, with the manifestation of a Truth-finder, a Worthy One, a Perfectly Enlightened One, this is the third wonderful and marvellous phenomenon that becomes manifest.
"Furthermore, monks, when a Truth-finder sets in motion the unsurpassed wheel of the Teaching, then in the world with its gods, with its Māras, with its Brahmās, among the generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its gods and humans, an immeasurable, eminent light appears, surpassing even the divine power of the gods. Even in those world-interstices, miserable, uncovered, dark, of blinding darkness, where these moon and sun, so powerful, so mighty, do not reach with their radiance, there too an immeasurable, eminent light appears, surpassing even the divine power of the gods. And those beings who have been reborn there, they too perceive one another by that light - 'So there are indeed other beings reborn here, friend.' Monks, with the manifestation of a Truth-finder, a Worthy One, a Perfectly Enlightened One, this is the fourth wonderful and marvellous phenomenon that becomes manifest. Monks, with the manifestation of a Truth-finder, a Worthy One, a Perfectly Enlightened One, these four wonderful and marvellous phenomena become manifest." The seventh.