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MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA.
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full of yellow gold, and said to the Great King of Glory :
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"Is that enough, O Great King? Have I done enough, O Great King?"
And the Great King of Glory replied:
"It is enough, O Treasurer. You have done enough, O Treasurer. You have offered me enough, O Treasurer!"
45. 'Such was the wonderful Treasurer, Ânanda, who appeared to the Great King of Glory.
46. Now further, Ânanda, there appeared to the Great King of Glory a Wonderful Adviser', learned, clever, and wise; and qualified to lead the Great King of Glory to undertake what he ought to undertake, and to leave undone what he ought to leave undone.
47. He went up to the Great King of Glory, and said:
Do thou, O King, take thine ease! I will be thy guide."
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48. 'Such, Ânanda, was the wonderful Adviser who appeared to the Great King of Glory.
'The Great King of Glory was possessed of these Seven Precious Things.
49. Now further, Ânanda, the Great King of Glory was gifted with Four Marvellous Gifts'.'
'What are the Four Marvellous Gifts?'
1 Parinayaka-ratanam. Buddhaghosa says that he was the eldest son of the king; but this is probably a mere putting back into the Sutta of a later idea derived from the summary in the Gâtaka. The Lalita Vistara makes him a general.
Katuhi iddhîhi. Here again, as elsewhere, it will be noticed that there is nothing supernatural about these four Iddhis. See
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |